Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1595 thaler Dav-9777
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This specimen was lot 3727 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $540.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1595. Friedrich Wilhelm I with Johann III (1573-1602). NGC AU-55. Dark iridescent toning. Nice strike with good details. From the Rockaway Collection." This type was struck 1594-97 along with a double thaler (Dav-9776).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9777; KM-70.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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