Baden 1857 thaler Dav-530

Künker sale 354, lot 5298

This specimen was lot 5298 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,088 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BADEN, BADEN-DURLACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1806 Grossherzogtum, Friedrich I. 1852-1856-1907. Vereinstaler 1857. Seltener Jahrgang. Kabinettstück von polierten Stempeln. Herrliche Patina, Erstabschlag, winz. Randfehler, Stempelglanz. (Germany, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1852-1907, union thaler of 1857. Rare date, cabinet piece struck from polished dies, superb patina, first strike, minor edge flaws, uncirculated.)"

This is the key date of a type struck 1857-65. It was accompanied by a half gulden and gulden.

Recorded mintage: 18,590, the scarcest date.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 18.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM 240, AKS 123; Dav-530; Thun 30; Kahnt 36.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1856 double gulden
• 1857 gulden, duke's visit to the mint
• 1858 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1857