Trier 1773-GM thaler Dav-2836
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This specimen was lot 748 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Trier. Taler, 1773-GM. Clemens Wenzel von Sachsen (1768-1802). NGC AU-58. Deep old envelope toning with underlying luster. Sharply struck and very attractive. From the Rockaway Collection." The archbishopric issued numerous thalers in the eighteenth century, only a few such as this one are affordable. The region was annexed by France in 1792 and awarded to Prussia in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2836; KM-333.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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