Saxony 1682-CF 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 22703 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2/3 Taler, 1682-CF. Johann Georg III (1680-91). NGC MS-63. Sharp strike with lovely iridescent cabinet tone displaying a rainbow of colors. Clearly an example which sat for a prolonged period of time undisturbed." This denomination was first struck in Saxony in 1675. This type was struck 1680-91 and is fairly expensive tho much more affordable than contemporary thalers such as Dav-7627.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-810; KM-571.
- 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 August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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