Saxony 1619 1/2 thaler KM-102

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Künker sale 335, lot 4273

This specimen was lot 4273 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €220 (about US$288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/2 Reichstaler 1619, Dresden. Min. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656, half thaler of 1619, Dresden mint. Minor planchet cracks, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Altho a vicariat half thaler was issued in 1619 (KM 118), this is the regular circulation issue of 1617-24.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 14.45 g.

Catalog reference: KM 102, Clauß/Kahnt 178.

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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