Saxony 1536-T thaler Dav-9722

Stack's Coin Galleries sale, lot 1507

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers

This specimen was lot 1507 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it sold for $422. The catalog description noted, "GERMAN STATES. Saxony. Taler, 1536. Johann Friedrich and Georg (1532-39). Duke-Elector's caped bust r. wielding sword. Rv. Caped Georg bust l. Bold example of early Taler design showing normal circulation, cleaned at one time. VERY FINE. Ex Coin Galleries October 1954 Sale, Lot 570." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was struck 1534-39 at Annaberg and Freiburg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9721.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.

Link to:

• Saxony 1534 thaler Dav-9719
• 1535 thaler, Buchholz mint
• 1536 half thaler, Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Annaberg mint
• 1538 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1536
• return to coins of German States, Saxony