Saxe-Weimar 1615-WA thaler Dav-7527
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This specimen was lot 77302 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Weimar. Taler, 1615-WA. Saalfeld Mint. Johann Ernst and his seven brothers. EXTREMELY FINE Details--Cleaned." 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: Dav-7527; KM-11.
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- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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