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[[Image:Solms-Laubach 1748 thaler obv Ponterio 161-20424.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 161, lot 20424]]
[[Image:Solms-Laubach 1748 thaler rev Ponterio 161-20424.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC]]
[[Image:Solms 1786.jpg|550px|thumb|Solms in 1786]]

This specimen was lot 20424 in Ponterio sale 161 (Chicago, August 2011), where it sold for $2,587.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GERMAN STATES. Solms-Laubach. Taler, 1748. Christian August (1738-84). RARE, mintage of only 202 pieces. Toned. NGC XF-45."  This thaler was issued on the occasion of the death of the Count's first wife, Elizabeth Amelia.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 202.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-2780]]; KM-22. 

''[[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, Rick, et al., ''Ponterio sale 161: The Chicago ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers, LLC, 2011.

''Link to:''
* [[Solms-Laubach 1738-AV thaler Dav-2779|1738-AV thaler, count's marriage to Elisabetha Amalia]]
* [[Salzburg 1748 thaler Dav-1245]]
* [[Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1748-CHI 5 thaler Fr-1737]]
* [[Solms-Laubach 1754-IMF thaler Dav-2781|1754 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1748]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Solms-Laubach|Solms]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 161]]