Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1774-LCK 2/3 thaler Dav-2724
This specimen was lot 30705 in Heritage sale 3035 (Long Beach, September 2014), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Ernst II Ludwig Taler (2/3 Conventiontaler) 1774-LCR AU Details (Surfaces Hairlines) NGC. A well-struck example with barely discernable hairlines underneath lightly golden-toned surfaces. A rare and somewhat confusing type as it is listed as XV Eine Feine Mark instead of X Eine Feine Mark. A very scarce one-year type also referred to as a 'Light Taler.'" The SCWC lists this as a gulden (2/3 thaler) rather than a thaler. It is accompanied by a third thaler (KM 328) and half thaler (KM 331) showing the duke with short hair, a style that would become fashionable twenty years later.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2724, KM 332 (formerly C39).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, and Warren Tucker, Heritage Signature Auction 3035, World and Ancient Coins, featuring the FoxLair Collection and the Law Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
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