Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1791-ICK thaler Dav-2772
This specimen was lot 1349 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHWARZBURG, SCHWARZBURG-RUDOLSTADT, GRAFSCHAFT, Friedrich Karl, 1790-1793. Konv.-Taler 1791, Saalfeld. In dieser Erhaltung von allergrößter Seltenheit. Kabinettstück von feinster Erhaltung. Erstabschlag, Stempelglanz. (Germany, county of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Frederick Charles, 1790-93, convention thaler of 1791, Saalfeld mint. Of the greatest rarity in this condition, presentation piece struck on new dies, uncirculated.)"
This is the fifth of five thalers issued by this fragment of the Saxon duchies in the eighteenth century. It was accompanied by a half thaler (KM 133). The line survived until World War One.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2772; Fischer 586, KM 134.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
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