Saxony 1573-HB thaler Dav-9798
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This specimen was lot 4396 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €260 (about US$358 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM August, 1553-1586. Reichstaler 1573, Dresden. Sehr schön. (electorate of Saxony, August, 1553-86, thaler of 1573, Dresden mint. Very fine.)"
This Davenport type was struck 1567-1586 and is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 29,06 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB208, Dav-9798; Schnee 725; Keilitz/Kahnt 68.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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