Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1569 thaler Dav-9762
This specimen was lot 4326 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, HERZOGTUM (Ernestiner nach dem Verlust der. Johann Wilhelm, 1567-1573. Reichstaler 1569, Saalfeld. Attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxony, Ernestine line, before the loss of the electorate, John William, 1567-73, thaler of 1569, Saalfeld mint. Attractive example, extremely fine, clipped.)"
This particular version of Saxe-Weimar would lapse on the duke's death in 1605. It would be revived several times before World War One wiped away all the German principalities. This type was struck 1567-72.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 25.36 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9762; Schnee 165.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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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