Saxony 1736-FWoF 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 74632 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $854. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2/3 Taler, 1736-FWoF. Friedrich August II. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Collection of Kazmier Wysocki, former mayor of Hackensack, New Jersey." This type was struck 1734-62 and is quite a bit more available than the contemporary thalers (Dav-2665). The SCWC states the weight should be 19.2 g, which is wrong. By this time, the gulden or two-thirds thaler weighed only half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.8 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-879, Dav-830.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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