Schaumburg-Lippe 1802 thaler Dav-907
This specimen was lot 1349 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €650 (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1807 FÜRSTENTUM Georg Wilhelm unter Vormundschaft des Grafen Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, 1799-1807. Konv.-Taler 1802. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Schaumburg-Lippe, George William under regency, 1799-1807, convention thaler of 1802. Attractive example with fine patina, extremely fine.)"
The count was promoted to prince in 1807 and joined the new German empire in 1871. Coinage was sporadic and mintages small; the next thaler was issued in 1860.
Recorded mintage: 4,000.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-907; AKS 1; Kahnt 524; Thun 387, KM 30.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
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- 1857 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1802
- return to coins of German States, Schaumburg-Lippe