Saxony 1678-CR thaler Dav-7626

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Künker sale 335, lot 4285

This specimen was lot 4285 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,449 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. Reichstaler 1678, Dresden. Gesamttaler. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, thaler of 1678, Dresden mint. Rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

This is the final date of a scarce type issued 1675-78. The issues of the last decade of the seventeenth century are generally rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.08 g.

Catalog reference: KM 550, Dav-7626; Schnee 952; Clauß/Kahnt 399.

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]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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