Saxony 1700-ILH 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 971 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Friedrich August I, 1694-1733, AR 2/3 thaler, 1700, Dresden Mint, a flan flaw on the reverse and some scratches in the obverse field, VF-XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This type was struck 1697-1705 and is rather scarce despite the many dates produced. The 1700 comes with initials EPH or ILH. Frederick Augustus was also king of Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-819, KM 685.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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