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| − | This specimen was lot 71423 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $456. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GERMANY. [[German States, Passau|Passau]]. 1/8 Taler, 1764. Leopold Ernst Joseph. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Homage Commemorative. A lovely well preserved example with rich old cabinet tone over lustrous surfaces." This very scarce one year type was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 86). The Bishopric of Passau, between Bavaria and Austria, struck a few thalers in the eighteenth century, all now rare. The | + | This specimen was lot 71423 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $456. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GERMANY. [[German States, Passau|Passau]]. 1/8 Taler, 1764. Leopold Ernst Joseph. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Homage Commemorative. A lovely well preserved example with rich old cabinet tone over lustrous surfaces." This very scarce one year type was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 86). The Bishopric of Passau, between Bavaria and Austria, struck a few thalers in the eighteenth century, all now rare. The bishopric was secularized in 1803 and handed over to Bavaria. |
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| + | * [[Passau 1747-D ducat Fr-2075|1747-D ducat]] | ||
* [[Passau 1779-HST thaler Dav-2525|1779 thaler]] | * [[Passau 1779-HST thaler Dav-2525|1779 thaler]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1764]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1764]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 30 April 2024
This specimen was lot 71423 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Passau. 1/8 Taler, 1764. Leopold Ernst Joseph. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Homage Commemorative. A lovely well preserved example with rich old cabinet tone over lustrous surfaces." This very scarce one year type was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 86). The Bishopric of Passau, between Bavaria and Austria, struck a few thalers in the eighteenth century, all now rare. The bishopric was secularized in 1803 and handed over to Bavaria.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-84.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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