View source for Stolberg-Stolberg 1750-IEVC 1/48 thaler

[[Image:SB1020-71554o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71554]]
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[[Image:Stolberg 1789.jpg|500px|thumb|Stolberg in 1789]]

This specimen was lot 71554 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $132. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Stolberg-Stolberg. 1/48 Taler, 1750-IEVC. Stolberg Mint. Christoph Ludwig II & Friedrich Botho. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. KM-230. A charming little minor, this near choice piece does exhibit a few minor flan flaws on the obverse, yet remains pleasing and lustrous, with a light steel gray tone throughout." This type, worth half a groschen, was struck intermittently 1745-56 and undated. It was accompanied by a 1/24 thaler (KM 224), 1/12 thaler (KM 232), 1/6 thaler (KM 218), 1/3 thaler ([[Stolberg-Stolberg 1742-IIG 1/3 thaler|KM 220]]) and 2/3 thaler (KM 211).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-230. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1742-IIG 1/3 thaler]]
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1748-IIG ducat Fr-3336|1748 ducat]]
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1750-IEVC 1/2 ducat Fr-3337|1750 half ducat]]
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1757-IEVC 2/3 thaler|1757-IEVC ⅔ thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1750]]
* return to coinage of [[German States, Stolberg]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]