Wurttemberg 1794-FH CH thaler Dav-2872
This specimen was lot 4490 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,486 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH. Ludwig Eugen, 1793-1795. Konv.-Taler 1794, Stuttgart. R Feine Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Wurttemberg, Louis Eugene, 1793-95, convention thaler of 1794, Stuttgart mint. Scarce, fine patina, minor planchet flaws, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This one year type is rare. It accompanied a ducat (Fr-3604).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 453, Dav-2872; Klein/Raff 455.
- 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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