Regensburg (1742)-ICB CDO 2 thaler Dav-A2615a

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Künker sale 405, lot 3219

This specimen was lot 3219 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €16,500 (about US$21,650 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 der Vorderseite Johann Leonhard Oexlein, der Rückseite Christoph Daniel Oexlein. Stadtansicht von Regensburg, darüber strahlendes Dreieck und gekrönter Adler mit Zepter und Reichsapfel in den Fängen, unten Stempelschneidersignatur I. L. OE. (Johann Leonhard Oexlein, Stempelschneider in Regensburg 17??-1766), im Abschnitt Stadtschlüssel und die Münz­meistersignatur I - C - B (Johann Christoph Busch, Münzmeister in Regensburg 1741-1766) in Kartusche//Geharnischtes Brustbild Karls VII. R. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel, am Armabschnitt die Stempelschneidersignatur C. D. ŒXL (Christoph Daniel Oexlein, Stempelschneider in Regensburg 1714-1779). Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, Felder leicht geglättet, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Julius Jenke, Auktion Beckenbauer 1, München 1961, Nr. 36. (city of Regensburg, undated double thaler, circa 1742, struck in the name of Charles VII. Obverse: city view with shining triangle and crowned flying eagle above, city arms and mintmaster's initials in exergue; reverse: Armored, laureate and mantled bust of the emperor right with Order chain. Supremely rare, handsome patina, light smoothing in the fields, extremley 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 260/Dav-A2615. The double thaler shown here is not in Davenport, so we have assigned it catalog number Dav-A2615a.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 58,42 g.

Catalog reference: KM 284, Beckenbauer 6114 (this example); Dav-A2615a; 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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