Saxony 1717-IGS 1/3 thaler KM-825

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55802

This specimen was lot 55802 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 1/3 Taler, 1717-IGS. Dresden Mint. Friedrich August I. PCGS VF-35. From the Augustana Collection." This issue commemorated the death of the elector's mother. It accompanied a gulden (KM 826) and a thaler (Dav-2658). The regular issue half gulden (KM 792.2) was struck 1717-33.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-825.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1707-ILH ⅓ thaler
• 1717-IGS ⅔ thaler, death of the elector's mother
• 1717 thaler, death of the elector's mother
• 1717-IGS triple ducat
• 1727-IGS ⅓ thaler, death of the elector's wife
• Coins and currency dated 1717