Saxe-Weimar 1683-PP thaler Dav-7555
This specimen was lot 247 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,152 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, Johann Ernst, 1662-1683. Reichstaler 1683, Weimar, auf seinen Tod. Von großer Seltenheit. Dunkle Patina, leicht berieben, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Weimar, John Ernest, 1662-83, thaler of 1683, Weimar mint, on his death. Extremely rare, dark toning, lightly tooled, extremely fine.)"
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 polity was called Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,03 g.
Catalog reference: KM 119, Dav-7555; Koppe 426; Schnee 384.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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