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[[Image:K354-5865.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 5865]] | [[Image:K354-5865.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 5865]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 5865 in Künker sale 354 ( | + | This specimen was lot 5865 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/4 Reichstaler 1623, Dresden. Mit Münzstättenzeichen Schwan. Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Saxony|electorate of Saxony]], John George I, 1615-56, quarter thaler of 1623, Dresden mint, with swan mintmark. Fine toning, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1623-27 and strongly resembles the concurrent thaler ([[Saxony 1623(swan) thaler Dav-7601|Dav-7601]]). |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[Saxony 1622(swan) thaler Dav-7601|1622 thaler]] | * [[Saxony 1622(swan) thaler Dav-7601|1622 thaler]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1622 ducat Fr-2677|1622 ducat, on the baptism of prince Henry]] | * [[Saxony 1622 ducat Fr-2677|1622 ducat, on the baptism of prince Henry]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxony 1623 1/2 thaler KM- | + | * [[Saxony 1623 1/2 thaler KM-381|1623 half thaler, ornate shield]] |
* [[Saxony 1623(swan) thaler Dav-7601|1623 thaler, swan mintmark]] | * [[Saxony 1623(swan) thaler Dav-7601|1623 thaler, swan mintmark]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxony | + | * [[Saxony 1623 2 thaler Dav-7600|1623 double thaler, swan mintmark]] |
| + | * [[Saxony 1625-HI 1/4 thaler|1625 quarter thaler]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1623]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:19, 1 December 2024
This specimen was lot 5865 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/4 Reichstaler 1623, Dresden. Mit Münzstättenzeichen Schwan. Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, quarter thaler of 1623, Dresden mint, with swan mintmark. Fine toning, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1623-27 and strongly resembles the concurrent thaler (Dav-7601).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 388, Clauß/Kahnt 192.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1619 half thaler
- 1622 kipper 60 groschen, Zwickau mint, three swans mintmark
- 1622 klippe 60 groschen, Zwickau mint, three swans mintmark
- 1622 thaler
- 1622 ducat, on the baptism of prince Henry
- 1623 half thaler, ornate shield
- 1623 thaler, swan mintmark
- 1623 double thaler, swan mintmark
- 1625 quarter thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1623