Saxony 1651-CR 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4281 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €280 (about US$367 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/2 Reichstaler 1651, Dresden. Feine Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656, half thaler of 1651, Dresden mint. Fine patina, minor cracks, extremely fine.)"
This half thaler was struck 1630-56 and is probably the most common Saxon half thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.39 g.
Catalog reference: KM 410, Clauß/Kahnt 185.
- 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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