Saxe-Weimar 1580 thaler Dav-9768
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This specimen was lot 5622 in Goldberg sale 72 (Los Angeles, February 2013), where it sold for $1,075. The catalog description[2] noted, "German States - Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1580. Friedrich Wilhelm I and Johann III, 1573-1602. Facing bust dividing date. Reverse: Facing bust. Well struck with attractive old iridescent toning. PCGS graded AU-55." This type was struck 1579-81. The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9768.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [2]Ira and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg sale 72: The Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles, CA: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.
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