Hungary 1758-KB 1/2 thaler

Künker sale 406, lot 4626

This specimen was lot 4626 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1758, KB, Kremnitz. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU Details cleaned (6643585-012). Hübsche Patina, min. justiert, vorzüglich +. (Austria, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, half convention thaler of 1758, Kremnitz mint. Graded NGC AU Details Cleaned; handsome patina, minor adjustment marks, extremely fine or better.)"

This type was struck 1753-58 for Maria Theresia. The SCWC gives the reichsthaler standard for this but it could also have been struck to the convention standard (14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver) being implemented at this time. The coin is not marked with the weight ("AD NORM· CONV·").

Recorded mintage: 37,000.

Specification: 14.41 g, 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 14.00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 364, Eypeltauer 264.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1757-KB thaler, Francis I
• 1758-HA half thaler, Hall mint, Francis I
• 1758-KB thaler, Maria Theresia
• 1760 half thaler, Hall mint, Maria Theresia, young bust
• Coins and currency dated 1758
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