Prussia 1849-A thaler Dav-770

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Künker sale 293, lot 404

This specimen was lot 404 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €440 (about US$593 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. Taler 1849, A. Ausbeute. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, mining thaler of 1849. Proof example, about uncirculated.)"

This mining thaler of 1847-52 is only slightly more expensive than the regular issue (Dav-769) which had 17 times the mintage.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-770; AKS 75; Kahnt 376; Thun 257; Olding 308, KM 455.

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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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