Saxony 1602-HB 2 thaler Dav-7560
This specimen was lot 4353 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Christian II. Johann Georg I. und August, 1591-1611. Dicker doppelter Reichstaler 1602, Dresden. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung VF DETAILS MOUNT REMOVED (6062386-008). R Henkelspur, sehr schön. Exemplar der Michael S. Tallent Collection, Auktion Stack's, New York, April 2008, Nr. 247. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Christian II, John George I and August, 1591-1611, thick double thaler of 1602, Dresden mint. Graded NGC VF DETAILS MOUNT REMOVED, rare, mount mark, very fine.)"
This type, struck 1601-05, shows Christian on the obverse and his brothers on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 18, Dav-7560; Schnee 757; Keilitz/Kahnt 223.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- 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, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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