Saxony 1675-CR 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 70593 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony-Albertine. 2/3 Taler, 1677-CR. Johann Georg II (1656-80). NGC MS-61. Bold strike with dark attractive tone and strong underlying luster." This type was struck 1675-78 and is fairly scarce. There was a fad in north Germany to strike gulden (2/3 thaler) in the 1670's and Saxony issued a few but not so many as other states.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15.57 g, silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-805; KM-549.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018
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