Saxony 1856-F 1/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4314 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €440 (about US$576 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH. Johann, 1854-1873. 1/3 Taler 1856, F. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, John, 1854-73, one-third thaler of 1856. Beautiful patina, extremely fine to uncirculated..)"
This one-third thaler or half gulden seems to be a one year type.
Recorded mintage: 308,000.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.667 fine silver, this specimen 8.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1191, AKS 138; J. 101.
- 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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