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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a slightly better date.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a slightly better date.
  
''Specification:'' 28.06 g, .833 fine silver, this specimen 28.04 g.
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''Specification:'' 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.04 g.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7]]; Herinek 321, KM 2162.
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7]]; Herinek 321, KM 2162.

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Sincona sale 39, lot 4169

This specimen was lot 4169 in Sincona sale 39 (Zurich, May 2017), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$144 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"AUSTRIA, Franz II. (I.), 1792-1835 Taler 1823 C. Prag. Vorzüglich. (empire of Austria, Francis I, 1792-1835, thaler of 1823, Prague mint. Extremely fine.)"

This thaler was issued 1817-24 from six mints and is common. This one likely circulated in Bohemia.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a slightly better date.

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

Catalog reference: Dav-7; Herinek 321, KM 2162.

Source:

  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.

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