Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1576 thaler Dav-9766
This specimen was lot 980 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-WEIMAR: Friedrich Wilhelm and Johann, 1573-1603, AR thaler, 1576, Saalfeld Mint, initials scratched into obverse field, VF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920. 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 of 1574-78 is scarce but not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 29.2 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 28.96 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9766, KM MB29.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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