Saxe-Altenburg 1634-MR thaler Dav-7377
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This specimen was lot 22394 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Altenburg. Taler, 1634-MR. Johann Philipp & Friedrich Wilhelm II (1632-39). NGC EF Details--Tooled. The characteristics are well defined with fields tooled." Saxe-Altenburg, one of the many splinters of ducal Saxony, was formed in 1573 and lapsed several times before its final extinction after World War One. This one year type is scarce but not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-7377.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1626-WA thaler
- 1637-MR thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1634
- return to coins of German States, Saxe-Altenburg