Saxony 1534-T thaler Dav-9720
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This specimen was lot 25202 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony (Ernestine). Taler, 1534-T. Buchholz Mint. Johann Friedrich, with Georg. NGC-45. A fairly SCARCE type when encountered this alluring and problem-free, the present crown offers a great deal of originality and elegant toning that deepens around the devices." This type was struck 1534-35 and is very scarce, verging on rare. Another Buchholz thaler for 1534, Dav-9722, shows bearded portraits of the dukes.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9720; KM MB197, Schnee-75.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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