Saxony 1784-IEC thaler Dav-2695

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Steve Album sale 38, lot 1628
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This specimen was lot 1628 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $565.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-ALBERTINE LINE: Friedrich August III, 1763-1806, AR thaler, 1784, IEC mintmaster initials, lovely strike, traces of original luster under light golden toning, PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck 1780-90 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-992.2, Dav-2695.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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