Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1598 thaler Dav-9779

Ponterio sale 177, lot 34723

This specimen was lot 34723 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $317. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Old-Weimer. Taler, 1598. NGC VF-30. Friedrich Wilhelm I with Johann III (1573-1602)." This type is noted for 1597-1601; confusingly, the 1601 issue is listed as Dav-7515.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9779, KM 5.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
• Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.

Link to:

• Saxe-Old Gotha 1598 thaler Dav-9760
• 1597 thaler, duke Johann on reverse
• 1605 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1598
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach