Saxony 1661 2 thaler Dav-LS401
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This specimen was lot 1198 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,350 (about US$1,820 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. Breiter doppelter Reichstaler 1661, Dresden, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Kapelle in der Moritzburg. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, double thaler of 1661, Dresden mint, on the founding of the chapel at Moritzburg. Mount mark, very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 64 mm diameter, this specimen 57,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 496, Dav-LS401; Schnee 912.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]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.
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