Reuss-Untergreiz 1764 thaler Dav-2638
This specimen was lot 4236 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,141 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REUSS, REUSS-UNTERGREIZ, HERRSCHAFT, SEIT 1673 GRAFSCHAFT. Heinrich III. 1733-1768. Konv.-Taler 1764, Saalfeld, auf den Frieden von Hubertusburg. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich +. (Germany, county of Reuss-Untergreiz, Henry III, 1733-68, convention thaler of 1764, Saalfeld mint, on the peace of Hubertusburg. Attractive example with handsome patina, slightly weakly struck, extremely fine or better.)"
This is the only thaler from this state recorded from the eighteenth century. The line lapsed in 1768.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 46, Dav-2638; Schmidt/Knab 389.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [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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