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[[Image:Saxony K293-1269.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1269]]

This specimen was lot 1269 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, [[Germany]], July 2017), where it sold for €240 (about US$324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich August II. 1836-1854. Taler 1852, F. Ausbeute. Feine Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Horn.'' (kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, 1836-54, thaler of 1852, for the mines. Fine patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists the mining thalers of 1841-54 as one type which Davenport splits in two, after the reverse was slightly redesigned in 1850. While priced higher than the regular issue (Dav-878), it is not rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' 47,000 plus 1,105,000 of the regular thaler. 

''Specification:'' 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, 0.537 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.

''Catalog reference:'' AKS 102; Kahnt 451; Thun 328, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-879]], KM 1162.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* <sup>[1]</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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Saxony 1851-F 1/6 thaler|1851 1/6 thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1852-F thaler Dav-878|1852-F thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1852-F 2 thaler Dav-874|1852-F double thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1853-F thaler Dav-878|1853-F thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1854-F thaler Dav-882|1854-F mining thaler]]
* [[Saxony 1854-F thaler Dav-881|1854-F thaler, death of the king]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1852]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxony]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]]