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[[Image:Sed28-942o.jpg|300px|thumb|Sedwick Treasure Auction 28, lot 942]]
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This specimen was lot 942 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 28 (Winter Park, FL, November 2020), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[German States, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] ([[Germany|German States]]), taler, 1841-G, Ernst I. AU with some small edge nicks, lightly rainbow toned with plenty of mint luster remaining, first year in a two-year type with a reported mintage of 16,000 for each year. Pedigreed to the Zeitlos Collection and purchased from the Munzen und Medaillen A.G. on April 15, 1955, lot #444, with collector's envelope." This type was struck 1841-42. One of Ernest's younger sons married queen Victoria and became Albert, Prince Consort.

''Recorded mintage:'' 16,000.

''Specification:'' 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.22 grams. 

''Catalog reference:'' Thun-363; Jaeger-272; KM-94; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-820]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, ''Treasure Auction 28, featuring the Dr. Peter Jones and John O'Brien collections,'' Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1835 thaler|1835 thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Altenburg 1841-G thaler Dav-812]]
* [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1841-G 2 thaler Dav-819|1841 double thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1842 ducat Fr-2915|1842 ducat]]
* [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1843-G 2 thaler Dav-819|1843-G double thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1846-F thaler Dav-821|1846-F thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1841]]

[[Category:Selections from Sedwick sale 28]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]