Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1683-88)-IGW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS422
This specimen was lot 5438 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,877 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN-GOTHA-ALTENBURG, Friedrich I. allein, 1675-1680-1691. 1 1/2facher Feinsilbertaler nach zinnaischem Fuß o. J. Gotha. R Hübsche Patina, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. (duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick I alone, 1680-91, 1½ fine silver thaler, Gotha mint. Rare, handsome patina, minor edge defects, very 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.
Specification: silver, this specimen 32.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 38, Schnee 466; Steguweit 146 (listed as a schau taler), Dav-LS422.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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