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[[Image:Baden 1786.jpg|550px|thumb|Furstenberg in 1789, to the east of the Breisgau]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3898 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FÜRSTENBERG, FÜRSTENTUM. Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, 1704-1762. Konv.-Taler 1762, München. Ausbeute der Grube St. Sophia bei Wittichen im Kinzigtal. R Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], principality of [[German States, Furstenberg|Furstenberg]], Joseph William Ernest, 1704-62, convention thaler of 1762, Munich mint, for the mines. Scarce, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This mining thaler was the only issue from this state between 1729 and 1767. Rare as it is, it is the most available thaler of the eighteenth century.
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This specimen was lot 3898 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FÜRSTENBERG, FÜRSTENTUM. Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, 1704-1762. Konv.-Taler 1762, München. Ausbeute der Grube St. Sophia bei Wittichen im Kinzigtal. R Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], principality of [[German States, Furstenberg|Furstenberg]], Joseph William Ernest, 1704-62, convention thaler of 1762, Munich mint, for the mines. Scarce, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This mining thaler was the only issue from this state between 1729 and 1767. Rare as it is, it is the most available thaler of the eighteenth century.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 725.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 725.

Latest revision as of 15:26, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 335, lot 3898
Furstenberg in 1789, to the east of the Breisgau

This specimen was lot 3898 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FÜRSTENBERG, FÜRSTENTUM. Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, 1704-1762. Konv.-Taler 1762, München. Ausbeute der Grube St. Sophia bei Wittichen im Kinzigtal. R Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Furstenberg, Joseph William Ernest, 1704-62, convention thaler of 1762, Munich mint, for the mines. Scarce, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"

This mining thaler was the only issue from this state between 1729 and 1767. Rare as it is, it is the most available thaler of the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: 725.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28,00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 15, Dav-2268; Dollinger 27; Müseler 19/9; Preussag Collection, Part II, 1295.

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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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