Saxony 1696-IK 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2327 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,500 (about US$496 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich August I., 1694-1733 (August der Starke). 1/4 Reichstaler 1696, Dresden. Äußerst selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1694-1733, quarter thaler of 1696, Dresden mint. Extremely rare in this condition, cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1694-97 and is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 7,21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 560, Kahnt 148.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
Links:
- (1695) ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1695-IK ducat
- 1695-IK double ducat
- 1696-IK ⅔ thaler
- 1696-IK thaler, bust obverse
- 1696-IK thaler, for the birth of the new prince
- 1696-IK quarter ducat
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1696 double ducat, on the elector's departure for the campaign against the Turks in Hungary
- 1697-IK quarter thaler, on his coronation in Cracow
- 1697-IK thaler, round format
- 1697 klippe thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1696