Saxony 1707-ILH 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 30837 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxony. Friedrich August I 1/3 Taler 1707-ILH AU55 NGC. A two-year issue that depicts the effigy of Friedrich August I, King of Saxony and Duke of Warsaw, atop darkly toned surfaces the shade of steel. The fields contain remnants of original mint luster and the mildest of handling, along with highpoint rub, are all noted in the grade. Presently the highest certified example of the type by either major grading party and a coin that is sure to interest collectors of German and Polish coinage." This type of 1706-07 is not common but not rare. It is accompanied by a thaler (Dav-2649) and a half ducat (Fr-2783), among others. The exhaustion of the fighting in Poland rendered the Saxon state prostrate, and most of the thalers of this period are rare. Prosperity (and high mintages) would not return until the reign of Friedrich August III (1763-1806).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.53 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 748.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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