Saxony 1855-F thaler Dav-887

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Künker sale 335, lot 4313

This specimen was lot 4313 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. Johann, 1854-1873. Taler 1855, F. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, John, 1854-73, thaler of 1855. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1855-56 and is common. In 1855, the mint also struck another thaler (KM 1187), commemorating a visit by the king.

Recorded mintage: 863,000.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.21 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1188, AKS 130; Dav-887; Kahnt 461; Thun 335.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [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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