Saxony 1827-S thaler Dav-864
This specimen was lot 4391 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich August I. 1806-1827. Konv.-Taler 1827, S, auf seinen Tod. Ausbeute. R Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, Erstabschlag, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus I, 1806-27, convention mining thaler of 1827, on his death. Rare, cabinet example, fine patina, first strike, about uncirculated.)"
This death thaler comes in two forms; KM 1111.1, with the regular edge lettering, and KM 1111.2, shown here, with edge lettered "SEGEN DES BERGBAUS". The two look identical in auction lot photos, which don't show the edge.
Recorded mintage: 14,000 plus 4,357 with edge lettered "SEGEN DES BERGBAUS".
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, edge lettered "SEGEN DES BERGBAUS", this specimen 28,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1111.2, AKS 77 Anm.; Dav-864; AKS 56; Kahnt 430; Thun 306.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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