Saxony 1535 thaler Dav-9721

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2317

This specimen was lot 2317 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,275 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Johann Friedrich der Großmütige und Georg, 1534-1539. Taler 1535, Annaberg. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John Frederick the Magnanimous and George, 1534-39, thaler of 1535, Annaberg mint. handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

For 1535, the SCWC notes the following thalers: KM MB195/Dav-9719, KM MB196, KM MB197/Dav-9720, KM MB198, KM MB199/Dav-9721, KM MB200/Dav-9721 (shown here, struck 1534-39),KM MB201/Dav-9722 (Buchholz mint), KM MB207/Dav-9721A. Joint coinages were frequent during the early stages of the division between the Ernestine and Albertine dukes; the Ernestine branch splintered after 1554 into the Saxon duchies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 29,03 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB200, Dav-9721; Schnee 72; Keilitz 128.2.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • 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 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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