Saxony 1766-EDC 2/3 thaler KM-981
This specimen was lot 77321 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2/3 Taler, 1766. Dresden Mint. Frederick August III. PCGS Genuine--Mount Removed, VF Details. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." After a brief reign of Friedrich Christian, Friedrich August III ascended to the electorate under the regency of Xavier (1763-68). This type is listed in the SCWC for 1765-68 along with KM 973 for Xaver. This gulden weighs as much as a half convention thaler. The initials EDC were for Ernst Dietrich Kroll, mintmaster in Weilburg (1749-1752), Leipzig (1753-1764) and Dresden (1764-1778).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 33 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-981.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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