Saxony 1756-IGS 1/48 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2568 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Friedrich August II, 1733-1763, AR 1/48 thaler, Dresden, 1756, mintmaster initials IGS, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1734-56. It was worth half a groschen and may have circulated in Poland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.05 g, billon, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-883, Kahnt-604, Kohl-504.
- 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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