Saxe-Altenburg 1625-WA thaler Dav-7369

Goldberg sale 103, lot 2944

This specimen was lot 2944 in Goldberg sale 103 (Los Angeles, February 2018), where it sold for $376. The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States: Saxe-Altenburg. Taler, 1625-WA. Four sons of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Weimar, 1602-1625." This state was created in 1602 from Saxe-Weimar for Johann II and survived until the death of Frederick William III in 1672, when it was claimed by Saxe-Gotha. The SCWC lists many different thalers for Saxe-Altenburg, including Dav-7369, Dav-7371, Dav-7371A, Dav-7373 and Dav-7374 for 1625 alone.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7369, KM 301.

Source:

• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 103: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

Link to:

• 1624-WA thaler, "WA" at bottom
• Saxe-Old Gotha 1625-WA thaler Dav-7431
• 1625-WA thaler, "WA" at bottom
• 1625 thaler, for the death of duke Frederick
• 1626-WA thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1625
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Altenburg