Schaumburg-Lippe 1748-T thaler Dav-2762
This specimen was lot 252 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, Albert Wolfgang, 1728-1748. Reichstaler 1748, Bückeburg oder Augsburg. RR Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, county of Schaumburg-Lippe, Albert Wolfgang, 1728-48, thaler of 1748, Bückeburg or Augsburg mint. Very rare, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)
Graf Albrecht Wolfgang stammte aus der ersten Ehe seines Vaters Graf Friedrich Christian (1681-1728) mit Johanna Sophie von Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Er kämpfte zusammen mit seinem Sohn und Nachfolger Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1748-1777) im Österreichischen Erbfolgekrieg auf der Seite von Maria Theresia. Besonders in der Schlacht bei Dettingen am 27. Juni 1743 erwarben sich die beiden Schaumburg-Lipper große Verdienste. Die Stempel zu dem hier angebotenen herrlichen Barocktaler schnitt der Schweizer Stempelschneider Jonas Thiébaud, der seit 1740 an der Augsburger Münze tätig war. Nicht geklärt ist bisher, ob dieser Taler in Augsburg oder in Bückeburg mit in Augsburg geschnittenen Stempeln hergestellt worden ist. (Count Albrecht Wolfgang came from the first marriage of his father, Count Friedrich Christian (1681-1728), to Johanna Sophie von Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He fought together with his son and successor Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1748-1777) in the War of the Austrian Succession on Maria Theresa's side. The two Schaumburg-Lippers made great contributions, particularly in the Battle of Dettingen on June 27, 1743. The dies for the wonderful Baroque thaler offered here were cut by the Swiss die cutter Jonas Thiébaud, who had worked at the Augsburg Mint since 1740. It is not yet clear whether this thaler was made in Augsburg or in Bückeburg with dies cut in Augsburg.)"
This issue was accompanied by a half thaler. Another thaler struck in 1748 (Dav-2763) notes the accession of his replacement, Wilhelm I Friedrich Ernst. Coinage from this tiny state is sparse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.20 g.
Catalog reference: KM 8, Dav-2762; Weinm. 34.
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- 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 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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