Description: American Revolution 1778 Hessian Blood Dollar Taler This is a very scarce coin dated 1778 from Hesse-Cassel. It is sometimes known as "blood taler" and "blood dollar." Hard to get dollar sized coin weighing about 23.36g. This one is a good honest piece that grades VF or so with usual crudeness and mint-made adjustment marks as commonly found. This filing was done to reduce overweight coins before circulation. That's not a defect and done by design. Getting very difficult to locate these coins! Interesting obverse die buckling at 12:30 o'clock position. Early die failure is one of the reasons why only a limited number of these coins were struck. Dolnick writes an interesting 11 page paper on this subject matter in the June 1958 issue of The Numismatist (see photo...not a part of this sale, neither is the photo of Frederick II). INTERNATIONAL buyers who are interested in buying multiple items from us, let me know BEFORE you click and pay. I can relist those items as one lot, saving you many dollars on shipping and eBay charges.
Price: 495 USD
Location: Upstate, New York
End Time: 2024-12-03T20:11:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Denomination: Thaler
Historical Period: German States (up to 1871)
Composition: Silver
Year: 1778
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Certification: Uncertified
