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Künker sale 423, lot 193

This specimen was lot 193 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €280 (about US$397 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz I., 1745-1765. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1763 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1762 geändert) H-A, Hall. 14,00 g Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen und Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Neapel, Jerusalem, Aragonien / Anjou, Geldern, Jülich, Bar) mit zweifeldigem Mittelschild (Lothringen-Toskana), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, zu den Seiten die geteilte Münzstättensignatur H - A. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 81, München 1997, Nr. 505. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, half convention thaler of 1763 (1763/2 overdate), Hall mint. Obverse: Armored, laureate and mantled bust right, with order chain; reverse: crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle, sword and scepter in its claws, supporting a crowned, manifold coat of arms (Hungary, Naples, Jerusalem, Aragon / Anjou, Gelderland, Jülich, Bar) with an escutcheon of Lorraine-Tuscany, Order chain around, mintmark below. Extremely fine.)"

This half thaler was struck for Francis I 1751-65 at Vienna, Hall (shown here), Kremnitz, Karlsburg and Graz. The Hall mint also struck half thalers for Maria Theresia in 1763 (KM 1821) but these lack the HA mintmark.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 14.00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2036, M./T. 997; Herinek 203.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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