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[[Image:K400-00247.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 400, lot 247]]

This specimen was lot 247 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,152 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, Johann Ernst, 1662-1683. Reichstaler 1683, Weimar, auf seinen Tod. Von großer Seltenheit. Dunkle Patina, leicht berieben, vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|duchy of Saxe-Weimar]], John Ernest, 1662-83, thaler of 1683, Weimar mint, on his death. Extremely rare, dark toning, lightly tooled, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> When Saxe-Middle-Weimar lapsed in 1640, a new Saxe-Weimar was created which lasted until World War One. When Saxe-Eisenach lapsed in 1741, it was added and the new polity was called [[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 29,03 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 119, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7555]]; Koppe 426; Schnee 384. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* 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. 
* 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, ''Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1662 thaler Dav-7550|1662 thaler, on the death of Wilhelm]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1677 2/3 thaler KM-105|1677 ⅔ thaler, bust without circle]]
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1684-ICS 6 pfennig|1684 6 pfennig]]
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1717 thaler Dav-2753|1717 thaler, for the duke's birthday]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1683]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 400]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]