Wurttemberg 1744-SS thaler Dav-2857
This specimen was lot 4476 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €20,000 (about US$26,172 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Karl Eugen, 1744-1793. Reichstaler 1744, Stuttgart. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Mit dem Fürstenhut belegtes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit württembergischem Mittelschild. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Charles Eugene, 1744-93, thaler of 1744, Stuttgart mint. Obverse: armored bust right with Order of the Golden Fleece; reverse: capped, quartered arms. Very rare in this quality, cabinet piece, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This rare issue was accompanied by a quarter thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.25 g, silver, this specimen 28.87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 376, Dav-2857; Klein/Raff 261.1.
- 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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