Regensburg 1774-GCB 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4221 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €600 (about US$785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REGENSBURG, STADT, 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1774, mit Titel Josefs II. Mit kleinem Kopf. Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4889. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Regensburg, half convention thaler of 1774, in the name of Joseph II, with small head. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This one year type is listed as fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14,00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 422, Beckenbauer 7202.
- 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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