Saxony 1828-S 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4308 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €340 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH. Anton, 1827-1836. 2/3 Taler (1/2 Konv.-Taler) 1828, S. RR Sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Anton, 1827-36, two-thirds thaler of 1828. Rare, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1827-28, both 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: 12,000.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine, this specimen 14.07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1110, AKS 69; J. 53.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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