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[[Image:SAlb52-846.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 846]]

This specimen was lot 846 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[German States, Bavaria|BAVARIA]]: Ludwig II, 1864-1886, AR vereinsthaler, 1869, a rare date, a superb proof quality example! PCGS graded Proof 65 DCAM, R, ex Almer Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1866-71 and the SCWC does not award this date much premium. King Ludwig II ruled until 1886, when he was deposed in favor of his brother. Disliked for his extravagance and his homosexuality, he died soon after under very mysterious circumstances. 

''Recorded mintage'': 277,253 plus 100,000 of the Madonna thaler (Dav-611).

''Specification'': 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, lettered edge. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-886.1, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-612]].

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Links:''
* [[Bavaria 1866 thaler Dav-612|1866 thaler, Ludwig II without part]]
* [[Bavaria 1867 thaler Dav-611|1867 thaler, Madonna reverse]]
* [[Bavaria 1869 kreuzer|1869 kreuzer]]
* [[Bavaria 1869 gulden|1869 gulden]]
* [[Bavaria 1871 thaler Dav-611|1871 thaler, Madonna reverse]]
* [[Bavaria 1871 thaler Dav-613|1871 thaler, new arabesques]]
* [[Bavaria 1871 thaler Dav-614|1871 thaler, bust by J. Reis]]
* [[Bavaria 1871 thaler Dav-615|1871 thaler, Victory]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1869]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]