Saxony 1767-EDC thaler Dav-2682
This specimen was lot 7058 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1767-EDC. Friedrich August III. PCGS MS-63. An attractive Taler, sharply struck throughout, with shimmering cartwheel luster, somewhat frosty raised devices, and a few splashes of toning on the obverse periphery." After the immense mintages of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Saxony was the leading producer of silver thalers in Europe, production dwindled to a few scarce commemorative issues in the eighteenth century. This type is listed for 1765-68 and is somewhat available. Other thalers for 1768 include Dav-2678 (with the bust of regent Xaver) and Dav-2683 (mining).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2682; KM-983.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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