Saxony 1652-CR thaler Dav-7612
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This specimen was lot 4360 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €260 (about US$341 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. Reichstaler 1652, Dresden. Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, thaler of 1652, Dresden mint. Toned, very fine.)"
This coin was issued by the elector of Saxony in 1638-56 and is one of the common thalers of the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 425, Dav-7612; Schnee 879; Clauß/Kahnt 169.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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