Saxony 1717-IGS thaler Dav-2658
This specimen was lot 1213 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,134 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Reichstaler 1717, Dresden, auf den Tod seiner Mutter Anna Sophia von Dänemark. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit herrlicher Patina, vorzüglich +. (Germany, Electorate of Saxony, Frederick August I, 1694-1733 (Augustus the Strong), thaler of 1717, Dresden mint, on the death of his mother Anna Sophia of Denmark. Extremely fine or better.)"
This type of 1717 is rare. It was accompanied by half gulden (KM 825) and a gulden (KM-826). 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 but rare.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2658; Schnee 1017, KM 828.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
Link to:
- 1714 thaler
- 1717-IGS ⅓ thaler, death of the elector's mother
- 1717-IGS ⅔ thaler, death of the elector's mother
- 1717-IGS triple ducat
- 1719 1/6 thaler
- 1719 ⅔ thaler
- Saxony 1719-IGS thaler Dav-2660 on the marriage of the elector's son
- Coins and currency dated 1717
- return to coins of German States, Saxony