Saxony 1617 2 thaler Dav-7594
This specimen was lot 4419 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Johann Georg I., 1615-1656. Dicker doppelter Reichstaler 1617, Dresden, auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Ohne Münzzeichen auf der Vorderseite. R Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion UBS 85, Zürich 2010, Nr. 412. (electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, double thaler of 1617, Dresden mint, on the centennial of the Reformation, without mintmark on the obverse. Rare, very fine.)"
The image in the SCWC shows a swan mintmark on the obverse next to the date which is missing on this specimen. This type was issued 1617 only, accompanied by a single thaler (Dav-7595), triple thaler (Dav-7593), quadruple thaler (Dav-7592), single ducat (Fr-2663), double ducat (Fr-2662) and quadruple ducat (Fr-2661).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 57.9 g, silver, 43 mm diameter, this specimen 57,72 g.
Catalog reference: KM 104, Dav-7594; Schnee 825; Slg. Whiting 73; Clauß/Kahnt 268; Slg. Opitz 1947.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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- 1615 double thaler
- 1615 double thaler klippe, baptism of the duke's son
- 1616(swan) thaler
- 1617 ⅛ thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quarter 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(swan) thaler
- 1617 thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quadruple thaler, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 ducat, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 double ducat, King Solomon
- 1617 double ducat, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quadruple ducat, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 5 ducats, on the centennial of the Reformation
- 1617 quadruple ducat, King Solomon
- Coins and currency dated 1617