Saxony 1562-T thaler Dav-9793
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This specimen was lot 1167 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM August, 1553-1586. Taler 1562, Schneeberg. Sehr schön. (Electorate of Saxony, August I, 1553-86, thaler of 1562, Schneberg mint, very fine.)"
This type of 1553-71 is common but the design is peculiar to this mint. Double thalers (Dav-9792) also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9793; Schnee 707.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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- 1561-HB thaler
- 1562-HB thaler
- 1563-HB thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1562
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