Saxe-Hildburghausen 1758 2/3 thaler KM-44
This specimen was lot 73333 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Hildburghausen. 2/3 Taler, 1758. Hildburghausen Mint. Ernst Friedrich III Carl. PCGS AU-53. A fairly RARE one-year type, this lightly handled specimen retains a high level of detail and sports a gray tone with some hints of champagne sprinkled throughout. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The duke issued two gulden in 1758; this one, with square arms, and KM 45, with oval arms. Both are scarce but the KM 45 is slightly more available. With the adoption of the convention thaler in Germany, the gulden slipped from two-thirds thaler to half a thaler. The Saxe-Hildburghausen line lasted 1680-1826 when the duke traded it to Saxe-Meiningen for Saxe-Altenburg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-869; KM-44.
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- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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