Saxe-Gotha 1675 1/24 thaler
This specimen was lot 2109 in Goldberg sale 122 (Los Angeles, June 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Saxe-New-Gotha. 1/24 Taler (Groschen), 1675. Death of Ernst I, the Pious. Draped and armored bust right. Reverse: Nine line inscription with dates. NGC graded AU-58." This commemorative was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 64), half thaler (KM 65), gulden (KM 66), thaler (KM 67/Dav-7455 and KM 68/Dav-7458), 1½ thaler (KM 69.1/Dav-7457), double thaler (KM 71/Dav-7456), ducat (KM 73/Fr-2955), double ducat (KM 74.1), triple ducat (KM 75), 4 ducat (KM 76), 5 ducat (KM 77), and ten ducat (KM 78). The original Saxe-Gotha lapsed in 1638, only to be revived in 1640 for this duke. It lapsed again in 1680.
Recorded mintage: 6,728.
Specification: silver, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-62.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 122: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2021.
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