Saxony 1805-SGH thaler Dav-850
This specimen was lot 75104 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1805-SGH. Friedrich August III. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." Friedrich August was a staunch ally of Napoleon and was rewarded by being promoted to king but he waited too long to switch sides after Napoleon's defeat, for which he was punished at the Congress of Vienna by the loss of half his territory. This type was struck 1791-1806, until the elector was promoted, along with a mining thaler (Dav-851).
Recorded mintage: 3,743,000.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 41.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Davenport-850; KM-1027.2.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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