Bavaria 1800 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3598 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1800. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, min. justiert, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian Joseph, 1799-1825, half convention thaler of 1800. Rare, especially in this quality, cabinet piece. Beautiful patina, light adjustment marks, about uncirculated.)"
This rare type of 1799-1803 is priced nine times that of the contemporary thaler (Dav-540).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14.00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 642, AKS 10; Hahn 425.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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