Regensburg (1742)-ICB CDO thaler Dav-A2615

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Künker sale 405, lot 3222

This specimen was lot 3222 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$20,994 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. Stempelschneider der Vorderseite Johann Leonhard Oexlein, der Rückseite Christoph Daniel Oexlein. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 63 (6643582-010). Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, undated thaler, circa 1742, struck in the name of Charles VII. Graded NGC MS-63, very scarce, especially in this quality, cabinet example, handsome patina, extremely fine to 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. The double thaler of this design is not in Davenport but appeared in this sale. We listed it as Dav-A2615a.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 260, Beckenbauer 6176; Dav-A2615; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4779.

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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