Saxony 1543 thaler Dav-9740

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Steve Album sale 27, lot 1388
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This specimen was lot 1388 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-ERNESTINE LINE: Johann Friedrich I, 1532-1547, AR thaler, Goslar, 1543. bust of Philipp der Grossmütigen ("the Magnanimous") of Hessen on the reverse, attractive VF, S, ex Hans Mondorf Collection." This thaler is noted for 1542-47 and is fairly common for the era. The two lords depicted struck this coin for their occupation of Brunswick. On Johann Friedrich's capture and imprisonment in 1547, the electoral cap was taken away from the Ernestine line and given to the Albertine line by the emperor as punishment for rebellion. Thereafter, the Thuringian state splintered into the Saxon duchies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.63 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-9740, KM-MB298.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

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