Pfalz 1785-AS thaler Dav-1959
This specimen was lot 2288 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$708 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM Karl Theodor, 1743-1799. Konv.-Taler 1785, Mannheim. Variante mit hochgekämmtem Haar. Prachtexemplar. Min. Schrötlingsfehler, leicht justiert, vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of the Palatinate, Charles Theodore, 1743-99, convention thaler of 1785, Mannheim mint. Cabinet example, minor planchet defect, lightly adjusted, extremely to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1778-95 and is the most common 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: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28,08 g.
Catalog reference: KM 470, Slg. Memmesh. 2562; Haas 283; Dav-1959 (listed under Bavaria); Hahn 393; Slg. Kömmerling (Auktion UBS 65) 574.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- 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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