Saxe-Altenburg 1624-WA thaler Dav-7371

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Steve Album Auction 53, lot 822

This specimen was lot 822 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-ALTENBURG: Johann Philipp, Friedrich, Johann Wilhelm, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1603-1625, AR thaler, 1624, an attractive specimen, F-VF." This type was struck 1623-25 and is fairly common. The auctioneers misattributed it as Dav-7369, which has the mintmaster's initials on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 43 mm diameter, this specimen 28.65 g.

Catalog reference: KM 302, Dav-7371.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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