Saxony 1607-HR thaler Dav-7566
This specimen was lot 4354 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Christian II. Johann Georg I. und August, 1591-1611. Reichstaler 1607, Dresden. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen HR. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Christian II, John George I and August, 1591-1611, thaler of 1607, Dresden mint. Handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type, struck 1604-11, shows Christian on the obverse and his teenaged brothers on the reverse. It is common. Double thalers exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 24, Dav-7566; Schnee 767; Keilitz/Kahnt 228.
- 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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