Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1683-88)-IGW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS421A
This specimen was lot 1317 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,584 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-GOTHA-ALTENBURG Friedrich I. allein, 1675-1680-1691. Doppelter Feinsilbertaler nach zinnaischem Fuß o. J. (ab 1683), Gotha. (dort als Feinsilberschautaler). RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick I, sole rule, 1680-91, undated double fine silver thaler (about 1683). Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The first duchy of Saxe-Gotha having lapsed in 1638, a new Saxe-Gotha was erected in 1640 which lasted only until 1680, when it was divided. This issue is from Sax-Gotha-Altenburg, one of the splinters thereof and is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 32.5 g, silver, this specimen 43.65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 37, Dav-LS421; Schnee 460; Steguweit 144.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
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