Wurttemberg 1818 thaler Dav-949
This specimen was lot 4521 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. Wilhelm I. 1816-1864. Konv.-Taler 1818. Winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, William I, 1816-64, convention thaler of 1818. minor scratches, extremely fine.)"
This is the last Wurttemberger thaler struck to the convention standard. Later thalers, including Dav-948, were struck to the kronenthaler standard (29.49 g, 0.868 fine silver), which was used until 1837.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27.88 g.
Catalog reference: KM 533, AKS 71; Dav-949; Kahnt 579; Thun 430.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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