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''Recorded mintage'': unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage'': unknown.
  
''Specifications'': silver, 23 mm diameter.  
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''Specifications'': 15.57 g, silver.  
  
''Catalog reference'' KM-559.
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* [[Saxony 1675-CR 2/3 thaler|1675 ⅔ thaler]]
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* [[Saxony 1677-CR 2/3 thaler|1677 ⅔ thaler]]
 
* [[Saxony 1679-CF thaler Dav-7627|1679-CF thaler, bust obverse]]
 
* [[Saxony 1679-CF thaler Dav-7627|1679-CF thaler, bust obverse]]
 
* [[Saxony 1679 thaler Dav-7637|1679 klippe thaler, for the Peace of Nijmegen]]
 
* [[Saxony 1679 thaler Dav-7637|1679 klippe thaler, for the Peace of Nijmegen]]

Latest revision as of 12:01, 29 October 2025

Steve Album sale 51, lot 958

This specimen was lot 958 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Hans Georg II, 1657-1680, AR 2/3 thaler, Dresden, 1680, an attractive nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This denomination was first struck in Saxony in 1675. This type was struck 1678-81 for elector John George II. Another gulden, KM 571, was struck 1680-91 for John George III.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 15.57 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-559.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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