Saxony 1850-F 2 thaler Dav-874

Steve Album sale 51, lot 962

This specimen was lot 962 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAXONY: Friedrich August II, 1836-1854, AR 2 thaler, 1850, once lightly cleaned and retoned, Unc, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type, struck 1839-54, is among the more common double thalers of nineteenth century Germany.

Recorded mintage: 113,000.

Specifications: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1149, Dav-874.

Sources:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• 1848-F double thaler
• 1850-F 2 neu-groschen
• Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1850-B 2 thaler Dav-633
• Prussia 1850-A 2 thaler Dav-771
• 1851-F half neu-groschen
• 1851 2 neu-groschen
• 1851 1/6 thaler
• 1851-F double thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1850