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[[Image:Reuss 1789.jpg|550px|thumb|Saalfeld in 1789]]
 
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This specimen was lot 4348 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, SACHSEN-SAALFELD, HERZOGTUM, AB 1735 SACHSEN. Johann Ernst VIII. 1680-1729. Reichstaler 1687, Saalfeld. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of [[German States, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Saxe-Saalfeld]], John Ernest VIII, 1680-1729, thaler of 1687, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, handsome patina, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This duchy was erected for Johann Ernest VIII in 1680 and was merged with Saxe-Coburg in 1735.
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This specimen was lot 4348 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, SACHSEN-SAALFELD, HERZOGTUM, AB 1735 SACHSEN. Johann Ernst VIII. 1680-1729. Reichstaler 1687, Saalfeld. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of [[German States, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Saxe-Saalfeld]], John Ernest VIII, 1680-1729, thaler of 1687, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, handsome patina, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This duchy was erected for Johann Ernest VIII in 1680 and was merged with Saxe-Coburg in 1735.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 21:29, 1 December 2024

Künker sale 335, lot 4348
Saalfeld in 1789

This specimen was lot 4348 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-SAALFELD, HERZOGTUM, AB 1735 SACHSEN. Johann Ernst VIII. 1680-1729. Reichstaler 1687, Saalfeld. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld, John Ernest VIII, 1680-1729, thaler of 1687, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, handsome patina, very fine or better.)"

This duchy was erected for Johann Ernest VIII in 1680 and was merged with Saxe-Coburg in 1735.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM 5, Dav-7505; Schnee 558.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.

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