Saxony 1611 1/4 thaler KM-13

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74587

This specimen was lot 74587 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 1/4 Taler, 1611-HvR. Dresden Mint. Johann Georg I. PCGS EF-45. A wholesome, problem-free example, with dark gray field toning that highlights the raised devices." This type was struck 1601-11; this example realized less than half the catalog value. This date comes with and without mintmaster's initials "HvR". Other quarter thalers of 1611 include KM 38 (death of Christian II) and KM 40 (Johann Georg and Augustus Friedrich).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-13.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1610-HvR half thaler
• MDCXI (1611) quarter thaler, death of Christian II
• 1611(swan) half thaler
• 1611-HR thaler
• MDCXI (1611) 1611 thaler, death of Christian II
• 1611 thaler, John George I
• 1611 10 ducats
• 1612(swan) quarter thaler, on the vicariat
• 1616 quarter thaler, Johann Georg I and August
• Coins and currency dated 1611