Saxony 1585-HB thaler Dav-9798
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This specimen was lot 77306 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1585-HB. Dresden Mint. August I. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." This thaler, struck 1567-86, is one of the commonest thalers of the 16th century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9798; KM-MB208.
- 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, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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