Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1842-A 2 taler Dav-844

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4563

This specimen was lot 4563 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €5,600 (about US$7,704 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, AB 1741 SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH, AB 1815 GROSSHERZOGTUM Carl Friedrich, 1828-1853. Vereinsdoppeltaler 1842. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 296, Osnabrück 2017, Nr. 2677. (grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Charles Frederick, 1828-53, double union thaler of 1842. Choice example, superb patina, about uncirculated.)"

This type of 1840-43 and 1848 has low mintages and is scarcer than the single thaler (Dav-845). Many German states struck double thalers in the 1840's and 1850's as the new vereinsthaler was too small to display the ego of the ruler.

Recorded mintage: 38,000.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.074 troy oz ASW, 41 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 37,10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 200 (formerly KM C88), AKS 20; Dav-844; Kahnt 515; Thun 383.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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