Saxony 1858-F thaler Dav-890

Stack'S Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 3749

This specimen was lot 3749 in Stack's-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $217.38. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1858-F. NGC MS-63. Dappled old envelope toning on both sides with underlying luster. From the Rockaway Collection." This regular vereinsthaler of 1857-59 is common. For 1858, it was accompanied by two different mining thalers (Dav-891 and -892).

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM-1192, Davenport-890.

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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1855-F thaler, Mint visit
• 1856-F thaler, for the mines
• Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1858-B thaler Dav-636
• Frankfurt 1858 thaler Dav-648
• Hesse-Cassel 1858-CP thaler Dav-697
• Reuss-Schleiz 1858-A thaler
• Reuss-Obergreiz 1858-A thaler Dav-798
• Saxe-Altenburg 1858-F thaler Dav-814
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1858-A thaler Dav-847
• 1858-F thaler, for the mines
• 1858 double thaler
• 1858 krone
• 1859-F thaler
• 1859-F thaler, for the mines
• Coins and currency dated 1858
• return to coins of German States, Saxony