Bohemia 1758 thaler Dav-1137

Künker sale 263, lot 1531

This specimen was lot 1531 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabruck, June 2015), where it sold for €380 (about US$491 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Reichstaler 1758, Prag. Ausbeute der Joachimstaler Gruben. Münzmeister Paul Erdmann von Schwingerschuh. R Etwas berieben, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, thaler of 1758, Prague mint, for the Joachimsthal mines. Some tooling, very fine.)"

The type was struck 1758-59 and is listed by the SCWC under Bohemia as it was struck in Prague. Prague also struck thalers featuring her husband, Francis of Lorraine (Dav-1158). It is priced about double the regular issue (Dav-1136A).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.82 g, .875 fine silver, .810 troy oz ASW, this specimen 28.04 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-1137; Dietiker 1079; Eypeltauer 83; Halacka 1942; Müseler 6/36, KM 749 (listed under Bohemia).

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

Link to:

• 1757 thaler, Prague mint
• 1757 thaler, Hall mint, Maria Theresia
• Austria 1757-HA thaler Dav-1155
• 1757-PR thaler, Prague mint, Francis I
• 1758 pfennig
• 1760 thaler, Hall mint
• Coins and currency dated 1758
• return to coins of Austria