Saxony 1734-IGS thaler Dav-2665
This specimen was lot 4377 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,674 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August II. 1733-1763. Reichstaler 1734, Dresden. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1733-63, thaler of 1734, Dresden mint. Extremely rare, handsome patina, minor planchet defects on the edge, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was issued every year 1734-56 but it is not common, like most Saxon thalers of the period 1660-1760. Frederick Augustus II was also king of Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.80 g, silver, this specimen 29.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 880, Dav-2665; Schnee 1024; Kahnt 529 (LP).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
- 1733 double thaler
- 1736-FWoF thaler
- Saxony 1738 2/3 thaler wedding of the elector's daughter
- 1738-FWoF thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1734