Waldeck-Pyrmont 1867-A thaler Dav-929

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10364

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10364 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $484. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Waldeck-Pyrmont. Taler, 1867. NGC MS-63. Attractive toning." This type is not common but is one of the few that are not excessively rare from this tiny state.

Recorded mintage: 19,000.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-929; KM C88, KM-135.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1824 thaler
• 1856-A double thaler
• 1867-B 3 pfennig
• Prussia 1867-A thaler
• Saxony 1867-B thaler
• Saxony 1867-B mining thaler
• 1903 5 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1867
• return to coins of German States, Waldeck-Pyrmont