Saxony 1678 thaler Dav-7636
This specimen was lot 30250 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony (Albertine line). Taler Klippe, 1678. Dresden Mint. Johann Georg II. PCGS MS-61. Commemorating the opening of a new shooting house, this lozenge-shaped emission is rather SCARCE, especially when encountered in such a great state of preservation. Attractively toned, with some darker hues accentuating the devices and with some hints of brilliance in the protected areas. The "wildman" featured here is none other than Hercules, with an allusion to his 11th labor--the stealing of the Apples of the Hesperides. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The weight given here is that reported in the SCWC and, if correct, is close to the weight of a gulden, not a thaler.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 21.88 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-562, Dav-7636; Schnee-960.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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