Poland 1777-EB 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 5270 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,486 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH, Stanislaus August, 1764-1795. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1777, EB, Warschau. R Feine Patina, min. justiert, fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (kingdom of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, 1764-95, half convention thaler of 1777, Warsaw mint. Rare, light adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1768, 1772-82. One half thaler = four zlotych. Stanislas August Poniatowski was the last king of independent Poland.
Recorded mintage: 20,000.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14.00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 191.2, Kopicki 2437 (R2).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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