Teutonic Order 1776-WWE 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4180 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €650 (about US$853 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHER ORDEN IN MERGENTHEIM, Carl Alexander von Lothringen, 1761-1780. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1776, Wertheim. Fleckige Patina, vorzüglich. (Teutonic Order, Charles Alexander of Lorraine, 1761-80, half convention thaler of 1776, Wertheim mint. Spotty toning, extremely fine.)"
The major domains of the Teutonic Order were in Prussia, Livonia and Estonia (all lost by 1618) but they had estates in the Holy Roman Empire as well, where this half thaler originated. The last remnants of their domains were secularized in 1805-10.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 13.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 150, Prokisch 248.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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