Saxony 1719-IGS thaler Dav-2660
This specimen was lot 4293 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM. Friedrich August I. 1694-1733 (August der Starke). Reichstaler 1719, Dresden, auf die Vermählung seines Sohnes, Kurprinz Friedrich August (später Friedrich August II. bzw. August III. von Polen), mit Erzherzogin Maria Josepha von Österreich. Kl. Randfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1694-1733, thaler of 1719, Dresden mint, on the marriage of his son, crown prince Frederick Augustus, to archduchess Josepha of Austria. Small edge defects, about extremely fine.)"
This marriage issue of 1719-IGS includes KM 836 (1/6 thaler), KM 837 (1/3 thaler), KM 838 (2/3 thaler), KM 840 (thaler, shown here), KM 842 (ducat), KM 843 (double ducat), KM 844 (triple ducat).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 840, Dav-2660; Schnee 1020; Kahnt 309.
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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