Passau 1792 thaler Dav-2526
This specimen was lot 1089 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €700 (about US$904 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Passau, BISTUM Josef Franz Anton von Auersperg, 1783-1795. Konv.-Taler 1792, München. Stempel von Joseph Ignaz Schäufel von Ahamstein. Sehr attraktives Exemplar, min. justiert, vorzüglich +. (bishopric of Passau, Joseph Francis of Auersperg, 1783-95, convention thaler of 1792, Munich mint, dies by Joseph Ignaz Schäufel von Ahamstein. Very attractive example, light adjustment marks, extremely fine or better.)"
The Bishopric of Passau, between Bavaria and Austria, struck a few thalers in the eighteenth century, all now scarce. The state fell to Bavaria during the Napoleonic upheavals and is now part of Germany.
Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2526; Kellner 186, KM 95.
- [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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
Link to:
- 1779 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to coins of German States, Passau