View source for Saxe-Weissenfels 1701 thaler Dav-7664

[[Image:Saxe-Weissenfels 1701 thaler obv JElsen 117-1699.jpg|350px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 117, lot 1699]]
[[Image:Saxe-Weissenfels 1701 thaler rev JElsen 117-1699.jpg|350px|thumb]]
[[Image:Weissenfels 1789.JPG|520px|thumb|Weissenfels in 1789]]

This specimen was lot 1699 in Jean Elsen sale 117 (Brussels, June 2013), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$5,361 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, SAXE-WEISSENFELS, Johann Georg (1697-1712), AR Taler, 1701, Klippe. Tir du Carnaval de Weissenfels. Droit: SCHIESSEN BEY DEM CARNEVAL AUF DER NEUEN AUGUSTUSB z WF Deux écus posés sur un rameau et une palme, sous une couronne. La date M-D-C-CI dans les angles. Revers: Etoile entourée du ruban de l'Ordre de l'Eléphant. Très Rare. Très Beau.'' (Germany, Saxe-Weissenfels, John George (1697-1712), silver thaler of 1701, klippe, on the Weissenfels shooting festival. Obverse: two shields over a palm branch, crown above, date in the angles; reverse: star, Order of the Elephant around. Very rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> Davenport lists this rare type for 1699 and 1700 but not 1701.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 21.51 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 25, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7664]], Mers-2332; Schnee, 1112.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
* Davenport, John S., ''German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1965. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Gernot Schnee, ''Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800.'' Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, ''Vente Publique 117: Collection Jean-Jacques Symoens,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[Saxe-Weissenfels 1686-SQ thaler Dav-7663|1686 thaler]]
* [[Austria 1701 thaler Dav-1003]]
* [[Saxe-Weissenfels 1713 2/3 thaler]] klippe, for the bird shooting contest
* [[Coins and currency dated 1701]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Weissenfels]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 117]]