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[[Image:Hildesheim Kunker 263-960.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 960]]
 
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This specimen was lot 960 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Hildesheim, BISTUM Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen, 1763-1789. Konv.-Taler 1768, Hildesheim. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Kl. Schrötlingsriß, sehr schön +.'' (bishopric of Hildesheim, Frederick William of Westphalia, 1763-89, convention thaler of 1768, Hildesheim mint. Very rare date, edge crack, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> The city and bishop of Hildesheim (both Protestant) both issued thalers in the eighteenth century; the resulting types range from rare to very rare. This type is accompanied by a rare gold five thaler. Hildesheim was annexed to Prussia in 1803, then was part of the Napoleonic puppet kingdom of Westphalia 1807-13, then awarded to Hannover in 1813.
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This specimen was lot 960 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Hildesheim, BISTUM Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen, 1763-1789. Konv.-Taler 1768, Hildesheim. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Kl. Schrötlingsriß, sehr schön +.'' (bishopric of Hildesheim, Frederick William of Westphalia, 1763-89, convention thaler of 1768, Hildesheim mint. Very rare date, edge crack, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> The city (Lutheran) and bishop of Hildesheim (Catholic) both issued thalers in the eighteenth century; the resulting types range from rare to very rare. This type is accompanied by a rare gold five thaler. Hildesheim was annexed to Prussia in 1803, then was part of the Napoleonic puppet kingdom of Westphalia 1807-13, then awarded to Hannover in 1813.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but very scarce.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but very scarce.

Revision as of 12:04, 2 May 2025

Künker sale 263, lot 960

This specimen was lot 960 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Hildesheim, BISTUM Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen, 1763-1789. Konv.-Taler 1768, Hildesheim. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Kl. Schrötlingsriß, sehr schön +. (bishopric of Hildesheim, Frederick William of Westphalia, 1763-89, convention thaler of 1768, Hildesheim mint. Very rare date, edge crack, very fine or better.)"

The city (Lutheran) and bishop of Hildesheim (Catholic) both issued thalers in the eighteenth century; the resulting types range from rare to very rare. This type is accompanied by a rare gold five thaler. Hildesheim was annexed to Prussia in 1803, then was part of the Napoleonic puppet kingdom of Westphalia 1807-13, then awarded to Hannover in 1813.

Recorded mintage: unknown but very scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Mehl 720; KM 122, Dav-2345.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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