Saxe-Old Gotha (15)61 thaler Dav-9753

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Künker Auction 426, lot 3819

This specimen was lot 3819 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,550 (about US$2,195 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, HERZOGTUM (Ernestiner nach dem Verlust der Kurwürde) Johann Friedrich II., 1557-1567, gestorben 1595 in Gefangenschaft. Taler 1561, Saalfeld. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Saxony, Ernestine line after the lost of the electorate, John Frederick II, 1557-67, died in captivity in 1595, thaler of 1561, Saalfeld mint. Rare date, about very fine.)"

This type is listed for 1558-66 and is scarce but not rare. It was issued by the Ernestine duke Johann Friedrich II a few years before his realm was divided into Saxe-(Old) Gotha, Saxe-(Old) Weimar and Saxe-Coburg. Johann Friedrich II retained Saxe-Gotha. This locale is sometimes called Saxe-Old Gotha to distinguish it from Saxe-New Gotha, a later creation of the endless shuffles of the Saxon duchies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, this specimen 28,28 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB389, Dav-9753; Schnee 159; Koppe 295.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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