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This specimen was lot 984 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÖWENSTEIN, LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Karl Thomas, 1735-1789. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1769, Wertheim. RR Feine Patina, min. justiert, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], county of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Charles Thomas, 1735-89, half convention thaler of 1769, Wertheim mint. Rare, fine patina, light adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This otherwise insignificant principality issued a series of thalers in 1766-69 (Dav-2402 thru -2408B). It was mediatized in 1806 and partitioned between Baden and Bavaria.
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This specimen was lot 984 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÖWENSTEIN, LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Karl Thomas, 1735-1789. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1769, Wertheim. RR Feine Patina, min. justiert, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], county of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Charles Thomas, 1735-89, half convention thaler of 1769, Wertheim mint. Rare, fine patina, light adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This otherwise insignificant principality issued a series of thalers in 1766-69 (Dav-2402 thru -2408B). It was mediatized in 1806 and partitioned between Baden and Bavaria.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but very scarce.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but very scarce.

Latest revision as of 18:20, 28 November 2024

Kunker sale 293, lot 984
Wertheim in 1789

This specimen was lot 984 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LÖWENSTEIN, LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Karl Thomas, 1735-1789. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1769, Wertheim. RR Feine Patina, min. justiert, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Charles Thomas, 1735-89, half convention thaler of 1769, Wertheim mint. Rare, fine patina, light adjustment marks, about extremely fine.)"

This otherwise insignificant principality issued a series of thalers in 1766-69 (Dav-2402 thru -2408B). It was mediatized in 1806 and partitioned between Baden and Bavaria.

Recorded mintage: unknown but very scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Wibel 304, KM 74.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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