Saxony 1827-S thaler Dav-865

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56567

This specimen was lot 56567 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1827-S. Anton. PCGS AU-55." The SCWC notes five different convention thalers for Saxony in 1827 (KM 1096, KM 1097, KM 1111.1, KM 1111.2 and KM 1112, shown here). This type of 1827-28 is fairly common and is the first to depict the new king.

Recorded mintage: 107,000.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-865; KM-1112.

Source:

• 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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1826-S thaler, Frederick Augustus I
• 1826-S mining thaler
• 1827 1/6 thaler, death of King Friedrich August
• 1827-S mining thaler, Frederick Augustus I
• 1827-S thaler, death of Frederick Augustus I
• 1827-S thaler, death of Friedrich August I, edge lettered "SEGEN DES BERGBAUS"
• 1827 ducat
• 1828-S thaler, Anton
• 1828-S mining thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1827