Saxe-Gotha 1650 thaler Dav-7442
This specimen was lot 4494 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,376 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN-GOTHA-ALTENBURG Ernst der Fromme, 1640-1675. Reichstaler 1650, Gotha, auf den Westfälischen Frieden. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Harald Möller 47, Espenau 2007, Nr. 963. (duchy of Saxe-Gotha, Ernest the Pious, 1640-75, thaler of 1650, Gotha mint, for the Peace of Westphalia. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"
The duchy of Saxe-Gotha was created and lapsed more than once. This version was erected in 1640 and lasted until 1680, when it was partitioned among the seven surviving sons. Altho dated 1650, the SCWC notes that this commemorative was not struck until 1672-75.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 29,00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6, Dav-7442; Deth./Ord. 72; Pax in Nummis 160; Schnee 416; Steguweit 9.
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- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- 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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