Saxony 1605-HvR 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 55765 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 1/2 Taler, 1605-HvR. Dresden Mint. Christian II, with Johann Georg I & August. NGC AU-58. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck 1601-11 and is rather scarcer than preceding (KM MB318, KM MB319) and succeeding types (KM 41, KM 53). Christian II succeeded to the electorate in 1591, aged eight. Dominated by his mother, he lapsed into alcoholism and died of a heart attack, aged 27.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-14.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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