View source for Saxe-Gotha 1671-ABK thaler Dav-7451

[[Image:Saxe-Coburg SB816-22382o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22382]]
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[[Image:Saxe-Gotha K293-1297.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1297]]

The first specimen was lot 22382 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Taler, 1671-ABK. Ernst I (1640-75). PCGS Genuine--Damage, AU Details Secure Holder. Wedding scene with Jehovah above, rays descending on wedding couple; Reverse: Twelve line inscription. On the marriage of Prince Bernhard and Maria Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt. Damage confined to the reverse; a presentable example." The second specimen was lot 1297 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €600 (about US$809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN-GOTHA-ALTENBURG, Ernst der Fromme, 1640-1675. Reichstaler 1671, Gotha, auf die Vermählung seines zweiten Sohnes Bernhard mit Maria Hedwig, Tochter Georgs II. von Hessen-Darmstadt, am 20. November. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Saxe-Gotha, Ernest the Pious, 1640-75, thaler of 1671, Gotha mint, on the marriage of his second son Bernhard with Maria Hedwig, daughter of George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, on 20 November 1671. handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> A baptismal thaler ([[Saxe-Gotha 1671 thaler Dav-7453|Dav-7453]]) is also recorded for 1671. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 700.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7451]]; Schnee 432; Schütz 2763; Steguweit 23. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2016.
* <sup>[2]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
* 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-Gotha 1670 thaler Dav-7450|1670 thaler, baptism of princess Anna Sophia]]
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1671-ABK thaler Dav-7447|1671-ABK "catechism" thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1671 thaler Dav-7453|1671 baptism thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1672 thaler Dav-A7454|1672 "bliss" thaler]] 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1671]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Gotha]]

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