Bremen 1744-MF 2 thaler Dav-2050

Künker sale 293, lot 724

This specimen was lot 724 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,561 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BREMEN, STADT, Doppelter Reichstaler 1744, mit Titel Karls VII. RR Feine Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schönes Exemplar. (Germany, city of Bremen, double thaler of 1744, struck in the name of Charles VII. Rare, nice patina, planchet defects, very fine example.)"

This is the last double thaler from this locale. It was struck for the pretender Charles VII, the last serious challenger to the Hapsburg claim to be Holy Roman Emperor. It was accompanied by a single thaler (Dav-2049).

Recorded mintage: 78.

Specification: silver, this specimen 58,39 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-2050; KM-187, Jungk 515.

Source:

• ^[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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.

Link to:

• 1743 thaler
• 1743 10 ducats
• 1744-MF thaler, for Charles VII
• 1745 groten, oval shield
• Bremen 1746 ducat Fr-424
• Coins and currency dated 1744
• return to coins of German States, Bremen