Prussia 1796-A thaler Dav-2599

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73324

This specimen was lot 73324 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. Taler, 1796-A. Berlin Mint. Friedrich Wilhelm II. PCGS AU-58. Sporting a mostly olive-gray tone and some tinges of burnished amber nearer the edges of the obverse, this near-Mint specimen retains charming detail as well as some hints of brilliance in the protected areas. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection."

Recorded mintage: 1,483,851, a common date.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2599; KM-360.1.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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