Saxony 1587-HB thaler Dav-9806

Ponterio sale 169, lot 22182

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 22182 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $382. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony-Albertine. Taler, 1587. NGC AU Details--Mount Removed. Toned." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was struck 1586-91. A double thaler also exists.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9806; KM MB-251.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1586-HB thaler, death of the elector
• 1588-HB thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1587
• return to coins of German States, Saxony