Saxony 1691-IK thaler Dav-7643

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25193
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Künker sale 406, lot 4369
Saxony in 1648

This specimen was lot 25193 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1691-IK. Dresden Mint. Johann Georg III. NGC AU-55. Commemorating his death. Featuring an armored arm descending from the clouds and bearing a flag in honor of the recently departed duke, this lightly handled example still retains a good deal of glistening brilliance. From the Augustana Collection." The second specimen was lot 4369 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg III. 1680-1691. Taler nach Leipziger Fuß 1691, Dresden, auf seinen Tod. Kl. Kratzer im Feld der Rückseite, sehr schön. (electorate of Saxony, John George III, 1680-91, thaler of the Leipzig standard, Dresden mint, on his death. Scratch on the reverse field, very fine.)"

We note four different thalers for this year: KM 607/Dav-7642 (Johann Georg III), KM 616/Dav-7643 (death of Johann Georg III, shown here), KM 617/Dav-7645 (death of Johann Georg III) and KM 618/Dav-7647 (Johann Georg IV). Of the four, this one is the most affordable.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the second specimen 23,17 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-7643; KM-616; Schnee 971; Clauß/Kahnt 629.

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., 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  • [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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