Saxony 1617 1/4 thaler KM-96
This specimen was lot 4270 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €600 (about US$785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/4 Reichstaler 1617, Dresden, auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Prachtvolle Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, quarter thaler of 1617, Dresden mint, on the centennial of the reformation. Lustrous, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This commemorative was one of a series ranging from one-eighth thaler to four ducats.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 96, Clauß/Kahnt 276; Slg. Whiting 68; Slg. Opitz 1956.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
Link to:
- 1615 half thaler
- 1616 quarter thaler, Johann Georg I and August
- 1617 ⅛ thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 half thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation, king Solomon obverse
- 1617 half thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 half thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation, struck on quarter thaler dies
- 1617 thaler, centennial of the Reformation
- 1617(swan) thaler
- 1617 quadruple thaler, centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 ducat, centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 double ducat, King Solomon
- 1617 double ducat, centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quadruple ducat, centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 5 ducats, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quadruple ducat, King Solomon
- 1619 half thaler
- 1623 quarter thaler, swan mintmark
- Coins and currency dated 1617