View source for Teutonic Order 1776-WWE thaler Dav-2813

[[Image:K406-4287.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 4287]]

This specimen was lot 4287 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,231 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHER ORDEN IN MERGENTHEIM, Carl Alexander von Lothringen, 1761-1780. Konv.-Taler 1776, Wertheim. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel, und Band mit Hochmeisterkreuz, am Armabschnitt die Signatur AD (Stempelschneider Anton Matthias Domanöck)//Gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit aufgelegtem Hochmeisterkreuz und Mittelschild Lothringen, zu den Seiten je ein gekrönter Adler mit Lothringerkreuz am Halsband, im Abschnitt X · EINE F · MARCK · / Münzstättenzeichen W in Verzierung, zu den Seiten die geteilte Signatur W · - E · (Münzwardein Christian Franz Weber und Münzmeister Johann Christoph Eberhard). Feine Tönung, kl. Zainende, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, vorzüglich.'' ([[German States, Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]], Charles Alexander of Lorraine, 1761-80, convention thaler of 1776, Wertheim mint. Obverse: armored and mantled bust right with the sash of the grand master, initials below truncation; reverse: crowned and quartered arms with the escutcheon of Lorraine supported by two crowned eagles wearing crosses of Lorraine, weight and mintmark in exergue. Fine toning, minor clip, some edge defects, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> In the late eighteenth century, the Teutonic Order was in advanced decay, the Order's holdings being reduced to a few abbeys in Germany. The last remnants of their domains were secularized in 1805-10.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.

''Specification:'' 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.04 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 151, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-2813]]; Prokisch 247; Beck/Morschek 32.2. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Davenport, John S., ''German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1965.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Teutonic Order 1776-W kreuzer|1776-W kreuzer]]
* [[Teutonic Order 1776-W 5 kreuzer|1776-W 5 kreuzer]]
* [[Teutonic Order 1776-WWE 20 kreuzer|1776-WWE 20 kreuzer]]
* [[Teutonic Order 1776-WWE 1/2 thaler|1776-WWE half thaler]]
* [[Teutonic Order 1780 10 kreuzer|1780 10 kreuzer]]
* [[Teutonic Order 1780 1/4 thaler|1780 quarter thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1776]]

[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]