Saxony 1808-SGH 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 2960 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Friedrich August I, 1806-1827, AR 2/3 thaler, 1808, mintmaster initials SGH, a lovely mint state example! PCGS graded MS63." 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 1806-17, all dates priced alike, fairly common. The last two-thirds thaler or gulden was struck in 1829. Although marked "⅔", it was worth only half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: 171,000.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, decorated edge.
Catalog reference: KM-1052, Cr-177.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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