Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1755-LCK 8 groschen
This specimen was lot 4344 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN, Friedrich III. 1732-1772. 8 Groschen 1755, Gotha, auf die 200-Jahrfeier des Religionsfriedens. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick III, 1732-72, eight groschen of 1755, Gotha mint, on the bicentennial of religious peace. Cabinet piece, beautiful patina, about uncirculated.)"
The SCWC lists this as a one-third thaler. It is scarce.
Recorded mintage: 2,220.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 296, Slg. Whiting 516 (noted there as a quarter thaler); Steguweit 277; Doerk/Hölscher 3047.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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