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[[Image:Saxony 1831 thaler obv Ponterio 168-40570.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 168, lot 40570]]
[[Image:Saxony 1831 thaler rev Ponterio 168-40570.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 40570 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,469. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxony. Taler, 1831. PCGS MS-65. New Constitution. Very nicely toned, choice for this issue." Friedrich August II, regent for his uncle Anton since 1830, succeeded him in 1836.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 14,000 plus 19,000 mining thalers (Dav-868) and 697,000 regular thalers ([[Saxony 1831-S thaler Dav-867|Dav-867]]).

''Specification:'' 28.03 g, 0.833 fine silver. The thaler was reduced to 22.27 g, 0.750 fine in 1839 and again to 18.52 g, 0.900 fine in 1857.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-869]]; KM-1133.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Saxony 1831-S thaler Dav-867]]
* [[Nassau 1831 thaler Dav-742]]
* [[Baden 1831 thaler Dav-519]]
* [[Bavaria 1831 thaler Dav-567]]
* [[Saxony 1835-G thaler Dav-867|1835-G thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1831]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxony]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 168]]