Saxe-Gotha 1669 thaler Dav-7449

Jean Elsen list 265, lot 744

This specimen was lot 744 in Jean Elsen list 265 (Brussels, July-September 2013) where it was offered for €650 (about US$858 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ALLEMAGNE, SAXE-NEU GOTHA, Ernst der Fromme (1640-1675), AR Taler, 1669, Gotha. Mariage de son fils Friedrich et de Magdalena de Weissenfels. Droit: Les époux se donnant la main sous une colombe et le nom divin rayonnant. Revers: Inscription en douze lignes. Très Beau. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-New Gotha, Ernest (1640-75), silver thaler of 1669, Gotha mint, on the marriage of his son Frederick and Magdalena of Weissenfels. Obverse: bride and groom hold hands under a dove and the divine glory; Reverse: twelve line inscription. Very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: 747.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 25, Schnee, 425; Steguweit, 22, Dav-7449.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
• 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]Philippe Elsen et al., Liste 265, Juillet-Septembre 2013, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2013.

Link to:

• 1650 ducat
• 1668 thaler, death of the duke
• Saxe-Weissenfels 1669 thaler Dav-7659
• 1670 thaler, baptism of princess Anna Sophia
• Coins and currency dated 1669
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Gotha