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This specimen was lot 4561 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, AB 1741 SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH, AB 1815 GROSSHERZOGTUM Johann Ernst, 1662-1683. 1/2 Reichstaler 1665, Weimar, auf die Beisetzung seiner bereits 1664 verstorbenen Mutter Eleonore Dorothea. R Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich +.'' ([[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|duchy of Saxe-Weimar]], John Ernest, 1662-83, half thaler of 1665, Weimar mint, for the funeral of his mother Eleanor Dorothy, who died in 1664. Rare, very attractive example with handsome patina, extremely fine or better.)"</blockquote> The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920. 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 state was called Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. This type was struck 1665 along with a 3 pfennig (KM 89), groschen ([[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1665 1/24 thaler|KM 90]]), quarter thaler (KM 91) and thaler (KM 93/Dav-7551).

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': 14.5 g, silver, this specimen 14,58 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 92, Koppe 377.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Links:''
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1658 1/2 thaler|1658 half thaler, on the dedication of the new palace church]]
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1661 1/2 thaler|1661 half thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1662 thaler Dav-7550|1662 thaler]]
* [[Saxe-Neu-Weimar 1665 1/24 thaler|1665 1/24 thaler, death of the duke's mother]]
* [[Saxe-Weimar 1677 2/3 thaler KM-105|1677 ⅔ thaler, bust without circle]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1665]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 439, 440, 441]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]

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