NEWP: 1794 Austrian Noble House of Paar Taler

Zohar

Added to the Austrian noble house part of the collection. These were minted as part of private minting rights granted by the emperor to certain noble houses. Davenport has a small booklet covering these. Mostly low mintage, amounting to hundreds per issue. I was fortunate to pickup the taler to complete the Paar set (had the 1/2 Taler).

1794 Paar. Austria. Johann Wenzel (1744 - 1812) Taler. Vienna Mint. DAV-1194. Rare noble house private issue with mintage of 250. PCGS MS-63.

1794 Paar. Austria. Johann Wenzel (1744 - 1812) Half Convention Taler. Vienna Mint. Holzmair 72. Mont. 2951. Very scarce piece in any grade. Seems like a very early strike with a fabulous reverse. Mintage of 400. NGC MS-63.

worldcoinguy

Nice addition to complement the existing Paar piece. Interesting backstory on the family and postal management responsibilities. Am I reading this literally as they were the official courier service for parts of the Holy Roman Empire? The FedEx of the pre-modern central European region?

The mintage of 400......wow. Any estimates on surviving population?

Zohar

Thanks Brent. The Taler actually has a montage of 250. Per auction records not many come up for auction which does not necessarily mean lower survival as they may remain with these families. Anyways, Davenport has a nice booklet mapping these.