Poland 1772-AP 1/2 thaler

Künker sale 335, lot 5269

This specimen was lot 5269 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,356 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"POLEN, KÖNIGREICH, Stanislaus August, 1764-1795. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1772, AP, Warschau. RR Vorderseite leicht berieben, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, 1764-95, half convention thaler of 1772, Warsaw mint. Rare, obverse lightly tooled, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1768, 1772-82. One half thaler = four zlotych. Stanislas August Poniatowski was the last king of independent Poland.

Recorded mintage: 11,000.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.91 g.

Catalog reference: KM 191.2, Kopicki 2432 (R2).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1766 thaler
• 1767 4 groszy
• Poland 1768-FS 8 groszy = 2 zloty
• 1772-AP ducat
• Galicia and Lodomeria 1774-S schilling
• 1775 thaler
• 1777 half thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1772