Waldeck-Pyrmont 1842-A 2 thaler Dav-926

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Künker sale 354, lot 5925

This specimen was lot 5925 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WALDECK, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1713 FÜRSTENTUM, Georg Heinrich, 1813-1845. Vereinsdoppeltaler 1842. Vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Waldeck, George Henry, 1813-45, double union thaler of 1842. Extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1842 and 1845, probably at Berlin. Waldeck surrendered its sovereignty to Prussia in 1867.

Recorded mintage: 4,500.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 37.08 g.

Catalog reference: KM 160, AKS 17; Dav-926; Kahnt 549; Thun 407.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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