Saxony 1797-IEC 1/3 thaler

Steve Album sale 30, lot 1130

This specimen was lot 1130 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAXONY: Friedrich August III, 1763-1806, AR 1/3 thaler, 1797, a fantastic example! NGC graded MS64." This type was struck 1791-1806. This example is nicer than the KM plate coin. The elector of Saxony consistently stood as an ally of Napoleon during his invasions of Germany, for which he was promoted to king in 1806. After Napoleon's fall, Saxony was punished by having half her territory annexed to Prussia but Frederick Augustus kept his new title.

Recorded mintage: mintage unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 7.01 g, 0.833 fine silver, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1024.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1792-IEC ⅓ thaler, for the vicariat
• 1796-IEC mining thaler
• 1798 1/24 thaler = groschen
• 1798 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1797
• return to coins of German States, Saxony