Saxony 1760-FWoF 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 2338 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,947 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich August II., 1733-1763. 2/3 Taler 1760, Dresden. Äußerst selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1733-63, two-thirds thaler of 1760, Dresden mint. Very scarce in this quality, cabinet example, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1734-62 with considerable variation in the reverse during its production run. 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.
Specifications: 13.8 g, silver, this specimen 13,39 g.
Catalog reference: KM 879, Dav-831; Kahnt 547.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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