Pfalz 1782-AS 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 2287 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €420 (about US$595 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM Karl Theodor, 1743-1799. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1782, Mannheim. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of the Palatinate, Charles Theodore, 1743-99, half convention thaler of 1782, Mannheim mint. Superb patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1779 and 1782 and is the most common half thaler from this state. Karl Theodor inherited the electorate of Bavaria on the death of its incumbent in 1777, thus uniting all the branches of the Wittelsbach family. Lacking legitimate heirs, his realm passed to a cousin, Maximilian I Joseph, duke of Zweibrücken.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14,03 g.
Catalog reference: KM 466, Haas 298; Slg. Memmesh. -; Hahn 392; Slg. Kömmerling (Auktion UBS 65) 566.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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