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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4602979, member: 42034"]Well the weight of 57.42 grams is consistant with a double taler as talers of the 1650's often were in the 28 gram range. Some cities and regions struck talers of lesser weight but I don't know if any would be struck to a 19.14 gram standard: at least before WWI!</p><p>{That was a joke based on the 19.14 weight}.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless multiple talers tend to be quite sought after and hugely expensive, so a very nice coin. I have no true multiple talers and am unlikely to get one as all my want lists {in that collecting area} are for specialty single talers. I'm not even a taler collector but I do have a few; mostly from Poland. That country I collect all the way up until the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's talerman's weight listing on CT:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-silver-crown-size-type-coin-collectors.332573/page-38#post-4536336" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-silver-crown-size-type-coin-collectors.332573/page-38#post-4536336">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-silver-crown-size-type-coin-collectors.332573/page-38#post-4536336</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 4602979, member: 42034"]Well the weight of 57.42 grams is consistant with a double taler as talers of the 1650's often were in the 28 gram range. Some cities and regions struck talers of lesser weight but I don't know if any would be struck to a 19.14 gram standard: at least before WWI! {That was a joke based on the 19.14 weight}. Nonetheless multiple talers tend to be quite sought after and hugely expensive, so a very nice coin. I have no true multiple talers and am unlikely to get one as all my want lists {in that collecting area} are for specialty single talers. I'm not even a taler collector but I do have a few; mostly from Poland. That country I collect all the way up until the 20th century. Here's talerman's weight listing on CT: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-silver-crown-size-type-coin-collectors.332573/page-38#post-4536336[/URL][/QUOTE]
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