Bavaria 1848 2 thaler Dav-597

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 601

This specimen was lot 601 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $2,115. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 2 Taler, 1848. NGC Unc Details--Surface Hairlines. Very scarce. Commemorating the abdication of Ludwig I for Maximilian. Faint hairlines. Toned with sharp details. From the Rockaway Collection." When the convention thaler (28.06 g) was superseded by the vereinsthaler (18.52 g) in the 1830's, the thaler was abandoned for commemoratives in favor of the double thaler (37.12 g). Bavaria issued four double thalers in 1848, of which this abdication commemorative is the rarest.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-597; KM-829.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Links to:

• 1847 double thaler
• 1848 6 kreuzer
• 1848 double gulden
• 1848 double thaler, new constitution
• 1848 double thaler, von Gluck
• 1848 ducat
• return to coinage of German States, Bavaria
• Coins and currency dated 1848