Saxony 1548 thaler Dav-9786

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 45852

This specimen was lot 45852 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $536.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1548. Annaberg Mint. Moritz. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Variety with ANB ending reverse legend. From the Heisner Collection from Down Under." 1547-48 and is quite scarce, with the 1547 verging on rare. Our example of the 1547 lacks the "ANB" on the reverse legend.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9786; KM-MB96.

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, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

Link to:

• 1547 thaler, Annaberg mint
• 1547 thaler, Goslar mint, John Frederick the Magnanimous and Philip of Hesse
• 1549 thaler
• Saxe-Old-Gotha 1566 thaler Dav-9754
• Coins and currency dated 1548