Saxony 1617 4 thaler Dav-7592

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Künker sale 400, lot 212

This specimen was lot 212 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €14,000 (about US$18,162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Dicker vierfacher Reichstaler 1617, Dresden, auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Hüftbild r. in Kurornat mit erhobenem Schwert in der Rechten, davor vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild//Hüftbild Friedrichs III. r. in Kurornat mit erhobenem Schwert in der Rechten, davor zweifeldiger Wappenschild. Von größter Seltenheit. Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. Exemplar der westfälischen Privatsammlung „Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen". Exemplar der Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 107, Frankfurt 1963, Nr. 1479. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, quadruple thaler of 1617, Dresden mint, on the centennial of the Reformation. Obverse: half-length portrait of John George in electoral robe with shouldered sword, the arms of Saxony and the date below; reverse: half-length portrait of Frederick the Wise in electoral robe with shouldered sword, old arms of Saxony below. Extremely rare, toned, minor planchet defects, very fine.)"

The centennial of the Protestant Reformation inspired the elector to issue a long series of commemoratives ranging from one-eigth thaler to five ducats.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 116,11 g.

Catalog reference: KM 106, Dav-7592; Schnee 823; Slg. Whiting 72 (plate coin); Clauß/Kahnt 263; Slg. Opitz -.

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.
  • 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 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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