Saxe-Old Gotha 1636-EFS thaler Dav-7437

Künker sale 263, lot 1281

This specimen was lot 1281 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,196 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-COBURG-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Ernst, 1633-1638. Reichstaler 1636, Coburg. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, John Ernest, 1633-38, thaler of 1636, Coburg mint. Rare, toned, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This variety was minted 1636-37. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7437 var.; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 338.1 a; Schnee 223 var.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1633 thaler
• 1636 ducat
• 1637 ducat
• 1638 thaler
• 1638 thaler, death of the duke
• Coins and currency dated 1636
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Gotha