Anhalt-Kothen 1840-A 2 thaler Dav-507
This specimen was lot 567 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ANHALT-KÖTHEN, HERZOGTUM Heinrich, 1830-1847. Vereinsdoppeltaler 1840. R Nur 3.100 Exemplare geprägt. Feine Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Anhalt-Cothen, Henry, 1830-47, double union thaler of 1840. Scarce, 3,100 minted, fine patina, tiny planchet flaws, choice extremely fine.)"
This is the only double thaler from this locale. Anhalt-Kothen passed to Anhalt-Dessau after the death of Heinrich in 1847.
Recorded mintage: 3,100.
Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-507; AKS 20; Kahnt 8; Thun 7, KM 39.
- [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.
- 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.
Link to:
- Anhalt-Bernburg 1840-A double thaler
- Bavaria 1840 double thaler, value reverse
- Bavaria 1840 double thaler, Durer statue
- Frankfurt 1840 double thaler, opening of the mint
- Hesse-Cassel 1840 double thaler
- Hesse-Darmstadt 1840 double thaler
- Nassau 1840 double thaler
- Prussia 1840-A double thaler
- Reuss-Schleiz 1840-A double thaler
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1840-A double taler
- Saxony 1840-G double thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1840
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