Saxony 1690-IK 2/3 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71438

This specimen was lot 71438, in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2/3 Taler (Gulden), 1690-IK. Dresden Mint. Johann Georg III. NGC MS-63. A highly attractive and rather choice specimen, this lustrous example yields some pleasing underlying luster along with a handsome strike and extensive cabinet toning." This type was struck 1680-91 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-571; Dav-810.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1684-CF ⅔ thaler
• 1690-IK thaler
• 1690-IK 6 ducats
• 1691-IK ⅔ thaler, Johann Georg III
• 1691-IK ⅔ thaler, death of Johann Georg III
• 1691 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1690