Saxe-Weimar 1619-WA thaler Dav-7529

Heritage sale 3026, lot 24772

This specimen was lot 24772 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $1,410. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Saxe-Weimar. Johan Ernst IV Et Al Taler 1619-WA, MS61 NGC, nicely toned with luster in the legends, unusual design with seven busts on the obverse representing the joint rule." This type was struck 1616-19 in Saxe-Weimar and is among the more common thalers of the period.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-A22, Dav-7529.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

Link to:

• 1613-WA goldgulden
• 1617 thaler, eight brothers on obverse
• Saxe-Old Gotha 1619-WA thaler Dav-7429
• 1619-WA goldgulden
• 1622 thaler, on the death of the duke's brother Frederick
• Coins and currency dated 1619
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach