Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1707-IT thaler Dav-2709

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4519

This specimen was lot 4519 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,577 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN-GOTHA-ALTENBURG Friedrich II., 1691-1732. Reichstaler 1707, Gotha, auf den Tod seines Bruders Johann Wilhelm am 15. August. Von großer Seltenheit. Kl. Henkelspur, Felder geglättet, sonst vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 403, Frankfurt/Main 2011, Nr. 2596. Laut Dr. Steguweit sind lediglich 100 Exemplare geprägt worden. Johann Wilhelm starb am 15. August 1707 bei der Schlacht vor Toulon, nachdem ihn ein Musketenschuß unter dem linken Auge getroffen hatte. (duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick II, 1691-1732, thaler of 1707, Gotha mint, on the death of the duke's brother John William on August 15. Extremely rare, small mount mark, fields smoothed, otherwise extremely fine. According to Dr. Steguweit, only 100 specimens were struck. Johann Wilhelm died on August 15, 1707, during the Battle of Toulon, after being struck by a musket shot beneath his left eye.)"

Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was created in 1672 when the duke of Saxe-Gotha inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, whose ruler had died without heirs. The two duchies were officially merged in 1680 and the new state remained intact until 1825. The SCWC notes almost no coinage for this state between the death of Frederick I (1691) and the Reformation bicentennial (1717).

Recorded mintage: 100.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,13 g.

Catalog reference: KM 170, Dav-2709; Schnee 508; Steguweit 211.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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