View source for Saxe-Old Gotha 1636-EFS thaler Dav-7437

[[Image:Saxe-Coburg Kunker 263-1281.jpg|550px|thumb|Kunker sale 263, lot 1281]]

This specimen was lot 1281 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,196 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-COBURG-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Ernst, 1633-1638. Reichstaler 1636, Coburg. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, John Ernest, 1633-38, thaler of 1636, Coburg mint. Rare, toned, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This variety was minted 1636-37. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7437 var.]]; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 338.1 a; Schnee 223 var. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''German Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976. 

''Link to:''
* [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1633-MR thaler Dav-7433|1633 thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1636 ducat Fr-2944|1636 ducat]]
* [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1638-EF thaler Dav-7439|1638 thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1638-EFS thaler Dav-7440|1638 thaler, death of the duke]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1636]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Gotha]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 263, 264]]