Saxony 1738 2 groschen
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This specimen was lot 56565 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $200. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2 Groschen, 1738. Friedrich August III. PCGS AU-58. Commemorating the marriage of Friedrich's daughter Maria Amalia with King Charles of Naples & Sicily (future King Charles III of Spain)." The electors of Saxony were Catholic rulers of a Lutheran state. This wedding commemorative was struck 1738 only. It accompanied a ducat (Fr-2852a) and a gulden (KM 897). Two groschen made one twelfth of a thaler. The current king of Spain, Felipe VI, is descended from this marriage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.2 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-891.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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