View source for Mainz 1794-IA IL thaler Dav-2431

[[Image:Mainz Stacks Jan15-669o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers NYINC sale, lot 669]]
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This specimen was lot 669 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Mainz. Taler, 1794-IA-IL. Friedrich Karl Joseph (1774-1802). NGC MS-65. Finest certified. Traces of adjustment marks. Bright golden hued toning with well struck features. Exceptional quality. From the Rockaway Collection." After several decades of inactivity, the archbishop issued ten different thalers in 1794-96, likely to pay war indemnities to the advancing French revolutionary armies, which ultimately annexed the city. The archbishopric was mediatized and partitioned in 1803. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but somewhat scarce.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-2431]]; KM-398. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.

''Link to:''
* [[Mainz 1793 5 sols]] siege coinage
* [[Mainz 1794-IA 20 kreuzer|1794-IA 20 kreuzer]]
* [[Mainz 1794-IA thaler Dav-2429|1794-IA thaler]]
* [[Mainz 1794-IA FS thaler Dav-2432|1794 thaler]]
* [[Mainz 1794-IL thaler Dav-2433|1794-IL thaler]]
* [[Mainz 1795-IA 10 kreuzer|1795-IA 10 kreuzer]]
* [[Mainz 1795-IA 1/2 thaler|1795-IA half thaler]]
* [[Mainz 1795-IA thaler Dav-2434|1795-IA thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1794]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Mainz]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]