Saxony 1543 thaler Dav-9730

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77327
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This specimen was lot 77327 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony (Ernestine line). Taler, 1543. Annaberg Mint. Johann Friedrich & Moritz. VERY FINE." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type, issued by the Ernestine branch, is noted for 1542-47.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9730; KM-MB288.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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