Westphalia 1810-C thaler Dav-933
This specimen was lot 20671 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $630. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Westphalia. Taler, 1810-C. Cassel Mint. Jerome Napoleon. NGC MS-62. Large bust right. Medium to dark speckled toning with strong underlying luster and free from distracting problems. Sharply struck and much nicer than what in normally encountered for this SCARCE issue. The kingdom of Westphalia was a puppet state erected by Napoleon in 1807 from territory seized from Hannover, Prussia and several ecclesiastical states and given to his brother Jerome to rule. When Jerome started showing signs of thinking independently, he was deposed and the kingdom annexed to France in 1813. At the Congress of Vienna, the area was restored to its former lords, Hannover and Prussia." This type was struck 1810-12 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-933; KM-113.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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