Saxe-Weimar 1665 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4561 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, AB 1741 SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH, AB 1815 GROSSHERZOGTUM Johann Ernst, 1662-1683. 1/2 Reichstaler 1665, Weimar, auf die Beisetzung seiner bereits 1664 verstorbenen Mutter Eleonore Dorothea. R Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich +. (duchy of Saxe-Weimar, John Ernest, 1662-83, half thaler of 1665, Weimar mint, for the funeral of his mother Eleanor Dorothy, who died in 1664. Rare, very attractive example with handsome patina, extremely fine or better.)"
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. When Saxe-Middle-Weimar lapsed in 1640, a new Saxe-Weimar was created which lasted until World War One. When Saxe-Eisenach lapsed in 1741, it was added and the new state was called Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. This type was struck 1665 along with a 3 pfennig (KM 89), groschen (KM 90), quarter thaler (KM 91) and thaler (KM 93/Dav-7551).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.5 g, silver, this specimen 14,58 g.
Catalog reference: KM 92, Koppe 377.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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