Regensburg (1740-45)-ICB 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 3225 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,412 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES ÖSTERREICHISCHEN ERBFOLGEKRIEGES UND DES KAISERS KARL VII., 1740-1745. Kurant- und Scheidemünzen aus der Zeit des Kaisers Karl VII. ¼ Reichstaler o. J. (1740-1745), mit Titel Karls VII. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Von großer Seltenheit. Laut Münzakten nur 104 Exemplare geprägt. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, undated quarter thaler, circa 1741-45, struck in the name of Charles VII, with city keys. Extremely rare, 104 pieces struck, cabinet example, fine patina, about uncirculated.)"
The campaign of Karl VII of Bavaria represented the last serious attempt to take the increasingly worthless imperial crown away from the Hapsburgs. Two generations later, in 1806, Napoleon would abolish the Holy Roman Empire and nobody would lift a sword in its defense. Regensburg, completely surrounded by Bavarian territory, had little choice but to strike coinage in the pretender's name. This is the only quarter thaler for Charles VII.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 276, Beckenbauer 6336 (this example); Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4782.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
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- Regensburg (1740) thaler Dav-2613
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- (1740-45)-ICB CDO double thaler, Charles VII/baroque arms
- (1740-45) half ducat, Charles VII/city view
- (1741-45)-ICB OEXL 15 kreuzer (1/8 thaler), Charles VII/city arms
- (1741-45)-ICB CDO half thaler, Charles VII/city arms
- (1741)-B 1/32 ducat
- (1742)-B CDO half thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-CDO thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-ICB CDO thaler, Charles VII/city view with eagle
- (1742)-CDO double thaler, Charles VII/city view
- (1742)-ICB CDO double thaler, Charles VII/city view with eagle
- (1742-45)-B half ducat, Charles VII/city arms
- (1742-45)-B ducat, Charles VII/city view
- (1742) double ducat, Charles VII, struck using ducat dies
- (1742-45)-ICB double ducat, Charles VII/city arms
- (1742)-ICB 10 ducats, Charles VII/city view
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