Saxony 1697-IK thaler Dav-7652

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Künker sale 406, lot 4370

This specimen was lot 4370 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Reichstaler 1697, Dresden. Hübsche Patina, kl. Kratzer (Einkerbungen) im Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1694-1733, thaler of 1697, Dresden mint. Handsome patina, scratches on the edge, very fine to extremley fine.)"

This type of 1695-98 is surprisingly rare. The 1697 shooting thaler klippe turns up far more often.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.09 g.

Catalog reference: KM 669, Dav-7652; Schnee 985; Kahnt 101.

Source:

  • 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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]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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