Prussia 1819-D thaler Dav-759

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Künker sale 263, lot 715
the Prussian Rhineland after the Congress of Vienna, with Düsseldorf as its capital

This specimen was lot 715 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €440 (about US$569 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Taler 1819, D. Seltener Jahrgang. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, thaler of 1819. Rare date, fine patina, choice extremely fine.)"

This product of the Düsseldorf mint in the Rhineland is from a type struck 1816-22. It is the most common date from this mint but is still priced double a Berlin issue.

Recorded mintage: 2,286,468.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, .537 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Dav-759, AKS 13; Kahnt 365; Thun 246 D, KM 396.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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