Reuss-Schleiz 1840-A 2 thaler Dav-800

Ponterio sale 173, lot 1285

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1285 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $705. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Reuss-Schleiz. 2 Taler, 1840-A. NGC EF-45. Heinrich LXII (1818-54)." Reuss was one of the splinter states of Saxon Thuringia and itself underwent several divisions. Many rulers were named Heinrich and several lines consolidated their numbering, resulting in this prince becoming Heinrich the sixty-second. This type was struck 1840, 1844, 1846, 1853-54 at Berlin and is very scarce.

Recorded mintage: 2,650.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-800; KM-55.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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• Bavaria 1840 double thaler, Durer statue
• Frankfurt 1840 double thaler, opening of the mint
• Hesse-Cassel 1840 double thaler
• Hesse-Darmstadt 1840 double thaler
• Nassau 1840 double thaler
• Prussia 1840-A double thaler
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1840-A double taler
• Saxony 1840-G double thaler
• 1843-A double thaler
• 1853-A double thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1840
• return to coins of German States, Reuss