Saxony 1638-SD 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2983 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Hans Georg I, 1591-1656, AR 1/2 thaler, 1638, tooling in the fields, VF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was struck 1630-56 and is expensive in nice condition despite the many years of production.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 14-14.5 g, silver, this specimen 14.37 g.
Catalog reference: KM-410.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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