Saxony 1860-B thaler Dav-892
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This specimen was lot 22412 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $235. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Mining Taler, 1860-B. NGC MS-63. Sharply struck with frosty luster and quite attractive." This mining thaler of 1858-61 is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: 298,000.
Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, .535 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-892, KM-1199.
- 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, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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