Saxe-Saalfeld 1725-IME 1/8 thaler
This specimen was lot 4350 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €600 (about US$785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-SAALFELD, HERZOGTUM, AB 1735 SACHSEN-, Johann Ernst VIII. 1680-1729. 1/8 Reichstaler 1725, Saalfeld. R Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld, John Ernest VIII, 1680-1729, one-eighth thaler of 1725, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, handsome patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1725-28 and accompanied a similar thaler (Dav-2747). It is expensive for an obscure German minor.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.65 g, 0.888 fine silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 80, Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 667.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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