Bavaria 1793-AS thaler Dav-1959

Heritage sale 3081, lot 30591

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 30591 in Heritage sale 3081 (New York, January 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States: Bavaria. Karl Theodor Taler 1793-AS MS65 PCGS. Lustrous and decorated in variegated metallic tones that lay delicately over the surfaces, the central features utterly sharp and giving way to only minute areas of insignificant softness at the peripheries." Charles Theodore became duke of Bavaria in 1777, uniting the two branches of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The Pfalz, or Palatinate, was occupied and annexed to France in 1799 and was not returned to Bavaria until the Congress of Vienna. The Electorate was abolished and Pfalz was merely another province of Bavaria, whose ruler was promoted to king. This type was struck 1778-95 but is rather expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 560.3, Dav-1959.

Source:

• 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.
• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3081, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

Link to:

• 1788-AS thaler
• 1792-CD thaler
• 1793-A half thaler
• 1793 thaler
• 1793-HS ducat, from the Danube River
• 1794-AS thaler
• 1795 half thaler
• 1795 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1793