Saxony 1617 thaler Dav-7595

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Ponterio sale 169, lot 10345
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10345 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $646. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1617. NGC AU Details--Mount Removed. Johann Georg I (1615-56). Centenary of the Reformation. Light toning. Demarete Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was issued 1617 only along accompanied by a double thaler (Dav-7594), 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: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7595; KM-103.

Source:

  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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