Saxony 1659-CR thaler Dav-7617

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 720

This specimen was lot 720 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $969.38. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1659-CR. Johann Georg II (1656-1680). NGC MS-62. Finest certified. Iridescent toning with prominent hues of orange and blue. From the Rockaway Collection." In addition to this type, struck 1658-80, the SCWC notes a thaler struck on quarter thaler dies (Dav-7617A).

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 474, Dav-7617.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1658 thaler, for the vicariat
• 1659-CR half thaler
• 1659 thaler, death of the elector's mother
• 1660-CR thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1659
• return to coins of German States, Saxony