Saxony 1756-FWoF 1/24 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2569 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Augustus III, 1734-1763, AR 1/24 thaler, Dresden, 1756, mintmaster initials FWoF, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1734-60. It was worth one groschen and may have circulated in Poland. Other Saxon groschen of 1756 included KM 930 (mintmaster IDB), struck by the Prussian army in Dresden, and KM A928 (mintmaster EDC).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-884, Kahnt-591b, Kohl-494.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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