Waldeck-Pyrmont 1781-PS thaler Dav-2840
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This specimen was lot 4421 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,832 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WALDECK, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1713 FÜRSTENTUM. Friedrich, 1763-1812. Konv.-Taler 1781, Arolsen. R Min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Waldeck, Frederick, 1763-1812, convention thaler of 1781, Arolsen mint. Scarce, hairlines, extremely fine.)"
This was the first thaler issued for this state since 1752.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 36, Dav-2840; Slg. Hennig 174; Slg. Kayser 245.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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