Saxony 1623 1/4 thaler

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Künker sale 354, lot 5865

This specimen was lot 5865 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/4 Reichstaler 1623, Dresden. Mit Münzstättenzeichen Schwan. Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, quarter thaler of 1623, Dresden mint, with swan mintmark. Fine toning, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1623-27 and strongly resembles the concurrent thaler (Dav-7601).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 7,32 g.

Catalog reference: KM 388, Clauß/Kahnt 192.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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