Saxony 1765-EDC 2/3 thaler KM-981
This specimen was lot 4475 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,101 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich August III. (I.), 1763-1806-1827. 2/3 Taler (1/2 Konv.-Taler) 1765, Dresden. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 61 (8584745-002). Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Erstabschlag, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, 1763-1807, two-thirds thaler or half convention thaler of 1765, Desden mint. Graded extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1765-68; see also another gulden, KM 973, struck in the name of the regent Xaver. Altho valued at ⅔ thaler, this coin only weighed half a thaler, reflecting the drop in the value of the gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 33 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 981, Buck 124 a; Kahnt 1102.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links:
- Saxony 1765-C pfennig
- 1765-EDC ⅔ thaler, Xaver
- 1765-EDC thaler, regent Xaver
- 1765-EDC thaler, Frederick Augustus III
- 1765-EDC mining thaler
- 1765 thaler, regent Xaver's prize for the mining school
- 1765 thaler, Friedrich August's prize for the mining school
- 1765-EDC double thaler, award for the arts and crafts
- 1765-EDC ducat, Friedrich August III
- 1766-EDC ⅔ thaler, Frederick Augustus
- Coins and currency dated 1765