Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1870-A thaler Dav-847
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This specimen was lot 982 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH: Karl Alexander, 1853-1901, AR thaler, 1870, lovely semi prooflike strike with hairlines in the fields, Unc, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was issued 1858, 1866 and 1870 and is the last thaler from this locale.
Recorded mintage: 45,000.
Specifications: 18.50 g, 0.750 fine silver, 34 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-209, Dav-847.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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