Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1840-A 2 taler Dav-844
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This specimen was lot 856 in Sincona sale 6 (Zürich, May 2012), where it sold for 600 CHF (about US$738 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Herzogtum Carl Friedrich 1828-1853. Doppeltaler 1840, Berlin. Vorzüglich. (Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Charles Frederick, 1828-53, double thaler of 1840, Berlin mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type of 1840-48 has low mintages and is scarcer than the single thaler (Dav-845).
Recorded mintage: 19,000.
Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.074 troy oz ASW; this specimen is 37,09 g.
Catalog reference: Kahnt 515, Thun 383, AKS 20, Dav-844, KM C88.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 6, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2012.
Link to:
- Anhalt-Bernburg 1840-A double thaler
- Anhalt-Kothen 1840-A double thaler
- Bavaria 1840 double thaler, value reverse
- Bavaria 1840 double thaler, Durer statue
- Frankfurt 1840 double thaler, opening of the mint
- Hesse-Cassel 1840 double thaler
- Hesse-Darmstadt 1840 double thaler
- Nassau 1840 double thaler
- Prussia 1840-A double thaler
- Reuss-Schleiz 1840-A double thaler
- Saxony 1840-G double thaler
- 1841-A thaler
- 1855 2 thaler
- 1866-A thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1840
- return to coins of German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach