Saxony 1705-ILH thaler Dav-2647
This specimen was lot 3792 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,983 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich August I., 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Reichstaler 1705, Dresden. R Henkelspur, bearbeitet, schön-sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1694-1733, thaler of 1705, Dresden mint. Rare, mount mark, tooled, fine to very fine.)"
The SCWC cross references this to Dav-7656, which is the Davenport number for the 1698-1700 issues; Dav-2647 applies to the issues of 1701-05. All dates are quite expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 28,62 g.
Catalog reference: KM 707, Dav-2647; Schnee 996; Kahnt 104.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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