Prussia 1858-A thaler Dav-776

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Künker sale 353, lot 4122

This specimen was lot 4122 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. Vereinstaler 1858, A. Ausbeute. Prägung nach dem Wiener Münzvertrag von 1857. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William IV, 1840-61, union thaler of 1858, for the mines, struck in accordance with the Vienna Coinage Treaty of 1857. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Many states discovered that the vereinstaler (18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver) was too small for commemorative issues and so the double thaler resurged in popularity in the 1840's. Prussia did not drop the reichstaler (22.27 g, 0.750 fine) for thevereinstaler until 1857. This type was struck 1857-60 as the first mining thaler struck to the vereinstaler standard. Altho the mintages were small, enough were saved that it is not rare.

Recorded mintage: 95,000.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 18,50 g.

Catalog reference: KM 472, AKS 79; Dav-776; Kahnt 380; Thun 263; Olding 317.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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