Saxony 1544 thaler Dav-9730

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from Schulman auction 385, lot 114
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This specimen was lot 114 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it sold for €320 (about US$453 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "German States - Thaler 1544, Silver, AUGUST 1553-1586, SACHSEN Freiburg mint. Half-length armored figure. Rev. bust facing right, holding sword over shoulder. Lightly cleaned in the past. Very fine." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. The Ernestine and Albertine lines had already divided by 1544 but were still issuing joint coinages. 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 it and awarded it to the Albertine line. Thereafter, the Thuringian state splintered into the Saxon duchies. The SCWC notes the following thalers for 1544: KM MB288/Dav-9730 (shown here, struck 1542-47), KM MB289/Dav-9730, KM MB295/Dav-9736, KM MB298/Dav-9740 and KM MB303/Dav-9735.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.55 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB288, Dav-9730; Schnee 104.

Source:

  • 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.

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