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| − | This specimen was lot 4341 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN, Ernst der Fromme, 1640-1675. 1/4 Taler 1675, Gotha, auf seinen Tod. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtvolle Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of [[German States, Saxe-Gotha|Saxe-Gotha]], Ernest, 1640-75, quarter thaler of 1675, on his death. Very rare, mint luster, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The original Saxe-Gotha lapsed in 1638, only to be revived in 1640 for this duke. It lapsed again in 1680. | + | This specimen was lot 4341 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN, Ernst der Fromme, 1640-1675. 1/4 Taler 1675, Gotha, auf seinen Tod. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtvolle Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of [[German States, Saxe-Gotha|Saxe-Gotha]], Ernest, 1640-75, quarter thaler of 1675, on his death. Very rare, mint luster, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The original Saxe-Gotha lapsed in 1638, only to be revived in 1640 for this duke. It lapsed again in 1680. This commemorative was accompanied by a 1/24 thaler ([[Saxe-Gotha 1675 1/24 thaler|KM 62]]), half thaler (KM 65), gulden (KM 66), thaler (KM 67/Dav-7455 and [[Saxe-Gotha 1675 thaler Dav-7458|KM 68/Dav-7458]]), 1½ thaler (KM 69.1/Dav-7457), double thaler (KM 71/Dav-7456), ducat (KM 73/Fr-2955), double ducat (KM 74.1), triple ducat (KM 75), 4 ducat (KM 76), 5 ducat (KM 77), and ten ducat (KM 78). |
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| + | * [[Saxe-Gotha 1675 1/24 thaler|1675 1/24 thaler, on the death of the duke]] | ||
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1675 thaler Dav-7458|1675 thaler, on the death of the duke]] | * [[Saxe-Gotha 1675 thaler Dav-7458|1675 thaler, on the death of the duke]] | ||
* [[Saxe-Gotha 1679 2/3 thaler]] Dav-856 | * [[Saxe-Gotha 1679 2/3 thaler]] Dav-856 | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 25 June 2021
This specimen was lot 4341 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,926 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN, Ernst der Fromme, 1640-1675. 1/4 Taler 1675, Gotha, auf seinen Tod. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtvolle Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Gotha, Ernest, 1640-75, quarter thaler of 1675, on his death. Very rare, mint luster, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The original Saxe-Gotha lapsed in 1638, only to be revived in 1640 for this duke. It lapsed again in 1680. This commemorative was accompanied by a 1/24 thaler (KM 62), half thaler (KM 65), gulden (KM 66), thaler (KM 67/Dav-7455 and KM 68/Dav-7458), 1½ thaler (KM 69.1/Dav-7457), double thaler (KM 71/Dav-7456), ducat (KM 73/Fr-2955), double ducat (KM 74.1), triple ducat (KM 75), 4 ducat (KM 76), 5 ducat (KM 77), and ten ducat (KM 78).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7,01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 64, Steguweit 127.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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