Saxony 1628-HI 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS389

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Künker sale 293, lot 1187

This specimen was lot 1187 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Breiter 1 1/2facher Taler 1628, Dresden. RR Henkelspur, Felder bearbeitet, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, 1½ thaler of 1628, Dresden mint. Rare, mount mark, fields tooled, very fine.)"

This rare type is accompanied by a double thaler (Dav-LS388) and triple thaler (Dav-LS387).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 43.18 g.

Catalog reference: KM 395, Dav-LS389; Schnee 855.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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