Saxony 1538 thaler Dav-9721
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This specimen was lot 22422 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $329. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony-Ernestine. Taler, 1538. Johann Friedrich I & Georg (1532-47). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details Secure Holder. Cleaned long ago now with attractive old envelope tone." 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. The Ernestine and Albertine lines had already divided by 1538 but were still issuing joint coinages.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: MB-200; Dav-9721.
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- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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