Saxe-Meiningen 1859 thaler Dav-838
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This specimen was lot 826 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-MEININGEN: Bernard II, 1803-1866, AR vereinsthaler, 1859, scarce, first year of type, sapphire-blue outer edge toning transitioning to light champagne fields, a well stuck wonderful lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. Finest graded 'top pop' by PCGS!" Saxe-Meiningen is now part of Thuringia. This type, struck 1859-67, is fairly unusual.
Recorded mintage: 39,864.
Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, .535 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-167, Dav-838. Cr-61.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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