Saxony 1806-SGH 2/3 thaler KM-1025
This specimen was lot 1249 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €340 (about US$458 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich August III. (I.), 1763-1806-1827. 2/3 Taler 1806, Dresden. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Horn. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, 1763-1806, two-thirds thaler of 1806, Dresden mint. Scarce, extremely fine.)"
Friedrich August was a staunch ally of Napoleon and was rewarded by being promoted to king but he waited too long to switch sides after Napoleon's defeat, for which he was punished at the Congress of Vienna by the loss of half his territory. This issue of 1791-1802 and 1805-06 is the last of him as a mere elector; KM-1052 depicts him as king. Although marked "⅔", it was worth only half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: 84,000 (including KM 1052).
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Buck 225 b, KM 1025.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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.
Link to:
- 1805-SGH ⅔ thaler
- 1806-SGH thaler, DVX SAX ELECTOR
- 1806-SGH thaler, REX SAXONIÆ
- 1806 ducat, elector Friedrich August III
- 1806 ducat, king Friedrich August I
- 1806 gold 10 thaler, elector Friedrich August III
- 1806 gold 10 thaler, king Friedrich August I
- Saxony 1808-SGH 2/3 thaler = gulden
- Coins and currency dated 1806
- return to coins of German States, Saxony