View source for Saxe-Old Gotha 1580 thaler Dav-9756

[[Image:Saxe-Gotha 1580 thaler obv H3026-27179.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3026, lot 27179]]
[[Image:Saxe-Gotha 1580 thaler rev H3026-27179.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 27179 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Saxe-Old-Gotha. Johann Casimir and Johann Ernst II Taler 1580, aVF, lightly porous surfaces and some small scratches noted. An uncommon type." The reverse image is upside down. Davenport lists this type for 1577-86 and notes it as fairly common. The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9756]]; KM-MB32. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''German Talers, 1500-1600,'' Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Gernot Schnee, ''Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800,'' Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Saxe-Old-Gotha 1566 thaler Dav-9754]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1580 thaler Dav-9768]]
* [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1582 thaler Dav-9756|1582 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1580]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Gotha]]

[[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3026]]