Saxony 1536-T thaler Dav-9722

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Stack's Coin Galleries sale, lot 1507
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers
Künker sale 406, lot 4345

This specimen was lot 1507 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it sold for $422. The catalog description noted, "GERMAN STATES. Saxony. Taler, 1536. Johann Friedrich and Georg (1532-39). Duke-Elector's caped bust r. wielding sword. Rv. Caped Georg bust l. Bold example of early Taler design showing normal circulation, cleaned at one time. VERY FINE. Ex Coin Galleries October 1954 Sale, Lot 570." The second specimen was lot 4345 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,837 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Friedrich der Großmütige und Georg, 1534-1539. Taler 1536, Buchholz. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous and George, 1534-39, thaler of 1536, Buchholz mint. Fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

Johann Friedrich II was the fifth in the Ernestine line of Electors of Saxony. His father, Johann Friedrich I, in 1547, while a prisoner of the emperor, was forced to cede the electoral title and much land to his cousin Moritz of the Albertine line. On the death of Johann Friedrich I in 1552, Johann Friedrich II partitioned ducal Saxony with his brothers, initiating the fragmentation of that state. Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was struck 1534-39 at Annaberg and Freiburg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the second specimen 28.95 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB201, Dav-9722; Schnee 80; Keilitz 130.

Source:

  • 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]Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.
  • [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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