Saxony 1538-T thaler Dav-9722
This specimen was lot 4386 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Johann Friedrich der Großmütige und Georg, 1534-1539. Taler 1538, Buchholz. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen T. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion WAG Online 19, Mai 2019, Nr. 1086. (electorate of Saxony, John Frederick the Magnanimous and George, 1534-39, thaler of 1538, Buchholz mint, mintmark T. Rare in this quality, minor planchet defects, extremely fine.)"
The Ernestine line was the senior branch of Saxon dukes and held the electoral cap until the capture of Johann Friedrich in 1547, when the emperor confiscated the cap and awarded it to the Albertine line. Thereafter, the Thuringian state splintered into the Saxon duchies. This type was struck 1534-38.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 29,20 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB201, Dav-9722; Schnee 80; Keilitz 130.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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