Saxony 1847-F thaler Dav-875
This specimen was lot 5887 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,044 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August II. 1836-1854. Taler 1847, F. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1836-54, thaler of 1847. Superb patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1839-49 to the Prussian standard. Soon after, the "vereinsthaler" standard (18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver) was adopted and used until unification in 1871.
Recorded mintage: 677,000.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1148, AKS 99; Dav-875; Kahnt 448; Thun 325 F.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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