Waldeck 1752 2/3 thaler

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Künker sale 293, lot 1376

This specimen was lot 1376 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €420 (about US$566 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WALDECK, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1713 FÜRSTENTUM, Carl August Friedrich, 1728-1763. 2/3 Taler 1752, Arolsen. Prägeschwäche, sonst fast vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Waldeck, Charles Augustus Frederick, 1728-63, two-thirds thaler of 1752, Arolsen mint. Weakly struck, otherwise about extremely fine.)"

This rare issue was accompanied by a thaler (Dav-2839).

Recorded mintage: unknown but rather scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-1028; Slg. Hennig 151; Slg. Kayser 210, KM 263.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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.

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