Saxony (1507-25)-T groschen
This specimen was lot 2598 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $84. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-ERNESTINE LINE: Friedrich III, 1486-1525, AR schreckenberger, ND, also citing Georg & Johann, helmeted shield of arms on both sides, XF This type of silver schreckenberger was known as an "engelsgroschen" due the depiction of the angel over the electoral arms." This is not a schreckenberger (12 kreuzer) but a zinsgroschen (3 kreuzer). It was struck at Buchholz (shown here), Annaberg, Schneeberg and Freiburg. The SCWC states the obverse legend should read "FRI GE IO D G DVCES SAXO" but the plate coin therein shows "FRI○IO○GE○D○G○DVCES○SAXO", just like the example here. The Albertine and Ernestine dukes of Saxony both struck this denomination which went out of favor in the mid sixteenth century. This specimen was previously lot 1341 in Steve Album Auction 31 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2018), where it did not sell.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.34-2.65 g, 0.482 fine silver, 25-26 mm diameter, this specimen 2.50 g.
Catalog reference: catalogued as Saurma-4425 by the auctioneers but actually KM MB80.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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