Saxony 1617 1/8 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 4271

This specimen was lot 4271 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/8 Reichstaler 1617, Dresden, auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, one-eighth thaler of 1617, Dresden mint, on the centennial of the reformation. Beautifully toned example, extremely fine.)"

This commemorative was one of a series ranging from one-eighth thaler to four ducats.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3,52 g.

Catalog reference: KM 93, Clauß/Kahnt 277; Slg. Whiting 71; Brozatus 681.

Source:

  • 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.

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