Regensburg (1740-45)-ICB CDO 2 thaler Dav-2615a

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Künker sale 405, lot 3218

This specimen was lot 3218 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €24,000 (about US$31,491 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. Dicker, doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (1740-1745), mit Titel Karls VII. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider Christoph Daniel Oexlein. MONETA REIPUBL . - RATISBONENSIS . Die gekreuzten Stadtschlüssel in mit Engeln, Fratzen und Muscheln verzierter Barockkartusche, darunter die Münzmeistersignatur I C - B. (Johann Christoph Busch, Münzmeister in Regensburg 1741-1766) und Stempelschneidersignatur C. D. Œ. (Christoph Daniel Oexlein, Stempelschneider in Regensburg 1714-1779)//CAROL . VII • - D . G . ROM • IMP . SEMP . AVG Geharnischtes Brustbild des Kaisers r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und Vliesordenskette, am Armabschnitt Stempelschneiderzeichen C. D. ŒXL. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Feine Patina, min. Kratzer, vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, undated double thaler, circa 1740-45, struck in the name of Charles VII. Obverse: the crossed city keys in a baroque cartouche decorated with angels, arabesques and shells, including the mint master and engraver's initials; reverse: Armored, laureate and mantled bust of the emperor right with Order chain, engraver's initials on the truncation. Supremely rare, fine patina, light hairlines, extremely fine.)"

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. The single thaler of this design is KM 261/Dav-2615. The double thaler shown here is not in Davenport, so we have assigned it catalog number Dav-2615a.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 58,22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 283, Beckenbauer 6113; Dav-2615a; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.

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]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.

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