Saxe-Old Gotha 1578 thaler Dav-9756
This specimen was lot 3821 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €350 (about US$496 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-COBURG-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Casimir und Johann Ernst, 1572-1633. Reichstaler 1578, Saalfeld. Variante mit IMPREI in der Rückseitenumschrift. Sehr schön. (duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, John Casimer and John Ernest, 1572-1633, thaler of 1578, Saalfeld mint, with "IMPREI" in the reverse legend. Very fine.)"
Davenport lists this type for 1577-86 and notes it as fairly common. The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 28,72 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB82, Dav-9756 A; Schnee 170; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 8.2 b.
- 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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