Regensburg (1742)-CDO thaler Dav-2614
This specimen was lot 3220 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,575 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. Reichstaler o. J. (um 1742), mit Titel Karls VII. Münzmeister Johann Christoph Busch. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen seines verstorbenen Vorgängers Johann Michael Federer (2 Flügel). Stempelschneider Christoph Daniel Oexlein. R Hübsche Patina, winz. Henkelspur (?), fast vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, undated thaler, circa 1742, struck in the name of Charles VII. Rare, handsome patina, small mount mark, about 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 double thaler of this design is not in Davenport but appeared in this sale. We listed it as Dav-2614a.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 259, Beckenbauer 6173; Dav-2614; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4777.
- 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.
Link to:
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- (1740-45)-B 4 kreuzer (batzen), Charles VII
- (1740-45)-ICB quarter thaler, Charles VII/city arms
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- (1740-45)-ICB CDO thaler, Charles VII/baroque arms
- (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)-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
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