Saxony 1823-IGS thaler Dav-859
This specimen was lot 5427 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €750 (about US$969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich August I. 1806-1827. Konv.-Taler 1823, IGS. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1806-27, convention thaler of 1823. Scarce in this quality, outstanding example, about uncirculated.)"
We have included the Davenport number in the title of this page as there are two different Saxon thalers dated 1823. This one is the convention thaler. The mining thaler for 1823 is quite scarce. In 1871, with the successful conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War, the currency was reformed to use pfennig and marks and the taler was dropped, tho it remained legal tender at three mark.
Recorded mintage: 512,000.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1091, AKS 24; Dav-859; Kahnt 424; Thun 300.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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