Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1673-MR thaler Dav-7459

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 709

This specimen was lot 709 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $3,290. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Taler, 1673. NGC AU Details--Tooled. Minor tooling. Commemorating the government transfer to the Principality of Altenburg. Rich iridescent toning. Nice details and very attractive. From the Rockaway Collection." Saxe-Altenburg, one of the many splinters of ducal Saxony, was formed in 1573 and lapsed several times before its final extinction after World War One. One of its permutations, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, survived 1680-1826.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7459.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
• Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.

Link to:

• Saxe-Altenburg 1672 10 ducats Fr-2913
• Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1675-91) 2 thaler Dav-LS423
• 1684-IGW quarter ducat
• 1687-IGW thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1673
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Altenburg