Saxony 1834-G 10 thaler Fr-2892a

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Künker sale 352, lot 2121

This specimen was lot 2121 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$12,525 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Anton, 1827-1836. 10 Taler 1834, G. GOLD. RR Nur 3.080 Exemplare geprägt. Winz. Randfehler, vorzüglich. Erworben 1954 bei der Firma Grabow, Berlin. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Anton I, 1827-36, ten thalers of 1834. Very rare, only 3,080 struck. Small edge flaws, extremely fine. Bought from Grabow in 1954.)"

This style, with the second head, was struck 1828-36. The denomination was terminated in 1854. This coin was also called a double august d'or and was equal to a Prussian double friedrichs d'or.

Recorded mintage: 3,080.

Specification: 13.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 13.28 g.

Catalog reference: Divo/S. 195; Fr-2892 a; Schl. 806.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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