View source for Saxe-Weimar 1612-WA thaler Dav-7527

[[Image:K426-3834.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker Auction 426, lot 3834]]

This specimen was lot 3834 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €260 (about US$368 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, AB 1741 SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH, AB 1815 GROSSHERZOGTUM Johann Ernst und seine sieben Brüder, 1605-1619. Reichstaler 1612, Saalfeld. Fast sehr schön.'' (duchy of Saxe-Weimar, John Ernest and his seven brothers, thaler of 1612, Saalfeld mint. About very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1612-16 in Saxe-Weimar and is among the more common thalers of the period. The eight brothers depicted were co-rulers of the tiny state; the last one, William IV, died in 1662. [[Saxe-Weimar 1610-WA thaler Dav-7523|KM 1/Dav-7523]] and KM 10/Dav-7525 were other thalers also struck in 1612.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': silver, this specimen 28,78 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 11, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7527]]; Schnee 346; Koppe 198. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Davenport, John S., ''German Talers, 1500-1600,'' Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* 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>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

''Links:''
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1610-WA thaler Dav-7523|1610-WA thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Altenburg 1612-WA thaler Dav-7363]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1613-WA 1/2 thaler KM-16|1613-WA half thaler, scrollwork on obverse]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1613-WA thaler Dav-7527|1613-WA thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1612]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 423, 424, 425, 426]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]