Saxony 1846-F 1/6 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4312 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €130 (about US$170 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH. Friedrich August II. 1836-1854. 1/6 Taler 1846, F. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz aus polierter Platte. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1836-54, one-sixth thaler of 1846. Extremely fine to uncirculated on a polished planchet.)"
This type was struck 1841-50 and is common.
Recorded mintage: 601,000.
Specification: 5.34 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen 5.31 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1161, AKS 104; J. 84.
- 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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