Saxe-Weimar 1613-WA thaler Dav-7527

Goldberg sale 85, lot 3755

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3755 in Goldberg sale 85 (Los Angeles, June 2015), where it sold for $646. The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States: Saxe-Weimar. Taler, 1613-WA. Eight brothers, 1605-1619. Four half figures facing on both sides. Toned. NGC graded AU-50. Ex: Purchased from Louis H. Collins by private treaty in 1981." This type was struck 1612-16 in Saxe-Weimar and is among the more common thalers of the period. The eight brothers depicted were co-rulers of the tiny state; the last one, William IV, died in 1662.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 11, Dav-7527.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
• Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 85: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.

Link to:

• 1612-WA thaler
• 1613-WA half thaler, scrollwork on obverse
• Saxe-Altenburg 1613-WA thaler Dav-7365
• Saxony 1613 thaler Dav-7573
• Teutonic Order 1613 thaler Dav-5853
• 1613-WA goldgulden
• 1616-WA thaler, eight brothers on obverse
• Coins and currency dated 1613
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach