Regensburg 1706 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 4218

This specimen was lot 4218 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,225 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REGENSBURG, STADT, 1/2 Reichstaler 1706, mit Titel Josefs I. Mit Zweigrand. Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4725. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Regensburg, half thaler of 1706, in the name of Joseph I, with border. Scarce in this quality, very attractive example with fine patina. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Regensburg passed to Bavaria in 1803 after centuries as an independent city-state. This one year type is accompanied by KM 231 (¼ thaler), Dav-2608 (thaler) and Fr-2491 (ducat).

Recorded mintage: 430.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14,54 g.

Catalog reference: KM 232, Beckenbauer 6244.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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