Saxony 1630 2 thaler Dav-7604
This specimen was lot 25178 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2 Talers, 1630. Dresden Mint. Johann Georg I. PCGS AU-55. A stunning and massive Double Taler of impressive heft, this wonderful type commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. The strike on this example is full, with a richness of details retained on the broad planchet, with wonderful mint glossiness shimmering throughout. Only the lightest traces of wearing are seen, and these are limited to the highest elements of the design. A beautiful specimen, and one that does not appear with any great frequency on the secondary market. From the Augustana Collection." This double thaler is one of an extensive series (1/8 thaler thru 12 ducats) honoring the Augsburg Confession of 1530, the founding document of the Lutheran Church. Ironically, altho Saxony was and is stoutly Lutheran, the elector's descendent Augustus converted to Catholicism in the 1690's to seize the Polish throne and the dynasty remained Catholic until the collapse of 1918.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-7604; KM-415.
- 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.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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