Saxe-Old Gotha 1607-WA thaler Dav-7426
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This specimen was lot 890 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-COBURG-EISENACH: Johann Casimir & Johann Ernst, 1572-1633, AR thaler, 1607, Fine." This type was struck 1598-1612 and is fairly common. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM-5, Dav-7426; Schnee 183; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 105.
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- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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