Saxony 1659-CR 1/2 thaler KM-473
This specimen was lot 4284 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,112 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. 1/2 Reichstaler 1659, Dresden. Erbländischer Halbtaler. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Scharf ausgeprägtes Porträt. Feine Patina, min. Belagreste, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, half thaler of 1659, Dresden mint, hereditary half thaler. Rare in this quality, sharply struck portrait, fine patina, minor deposits and planchet flaws, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Another half thaler was struck in 1679 using one-eighth thaler dies, resulting in a quaduple thick coin. This type was struck 1658-65 and is somewhat available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 473, Clauß/Kahnt 408.
- 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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