Regensburg (1742)-CDO 2 thaler Dav-2614a

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Künker sale 405, lot 3217

This specimen was lot 3217 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €19,000 (about US$24,930 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. (um 1742), mit Titel Karls VII. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Stempelschneider Christoph Daniel Oexlein. MON • REIP • - RATISBON • Stadtansicht von Regensburg, darüber strahlendes Dreieck, im Abschnitt Stadtschlüssel in Kartusche und beiderseits Münzmeisterzeichen Flügel (die Münzmeisterzeichen des J. M. Federer sind nicht getilgt, Münzmeister hier ist aber Johann Christoph Busch, Münzmeister in Regensburg 1741-1766)//CAROL . VII • - D . G • ROM • IMP • SEMP • AVG Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel, am Armabschnitt die Stempelschneidersignatur C. D. OEXL. Von großer Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, undated double thaler, circa 1742, struck in the name of Charles VII. Obverse: city view below a radiant triangle, city arms in exergue; reverse: Armored, laureate and mantled bust of the emperor right, engraver's initials below the truncation. Extremely rare, attractive example with fine patina, 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 259/Dav-2614. The double thaler shown here is not in Davenport, so we have assigned it catalog number Dav-2614a.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 58,32 g.

Catalog reference: KM 282, Beckenbauer 6112; Dav-2614a; 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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