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[[Image:Saxony 1657 thaler rev Ponterio 169-10349.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]] | [[Image:Saxony 1657 thaler rev Ponterio 169-10349.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 10349 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,292. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxony. Taler, 1657. NGC AU-55. Johann Georg II (1656-80). Death of Ferdinand III. Toned, nice strike, attractive. NGC AU-55. Demarete Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was issued 1657-58 only to commemorate the death of the emperor Ferdinand III. The elector also issued a quarter thaler ([[Saxony 1657 1/4 thaler|KM 457]]), a half thaler ([[Saxony 1657 1/2 thaler KM-458|KM 458]]), a double thaler ([[Saxony 1657 2 thaler Dav-LS398|Dav-LS398]]), a triple thaler (Dav-LS397), a quadruple thaler ([[Saxony 1657 4 thaler Dav-LS396|Dav-LS396]]), a single ducat ([[Saxony 1657 ducat Fr-2720|KM 463]]) and a double ducat ([[Saxony 1657 2 ducats Fr-2719|KM 464]]) on this occasion. We may assume he thought it was a big deal. | + | This specimen was lot 10349 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,292. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxony. Taler, 1657. NGC AU-55. Johann Georg II (1656-80). Death of Ferdinand III. Toned, nice strike, attractive. NGC AU-55. Demarete Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was issued 1657-58 only to commemorate the death of the emperor Ferdinand III. The elector also issued a quarter thaler ([[Saxony 1657 1/4 thaler|KM 457]]), a half thaler ([[Saxony 1657 1/2 thaler KM-458|KM 458]]), a double thaler ([[Saxony 1657 2 thaler Dav-LS398|Dav-LS398]]), a triple thaler ([[Saxony 1657 3 thaler Dav-LS397|Dav-LS397]]), a quadruple thaler ([[Saxony 1657 4 thaler Dav-LS396|Dav-LS396]]), a single ducat ([[Saxony 1657 ducat Fr-2720|KM 463]]) and a double ducat ([[Saxony 1657 2 ducats Fr-2719|KM 464]]) on this occasion. We may assume he thought it was a big deal. |
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* [[Saxony 1657 4 thaler Dav-LS396|1657-☘ quadruple thaler, on the vicariat]] | * [[Saxony 1657 4 thaler Dav-LS396|1657-☘ quadruple thaler, on the vicariat]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1657 ducat Fr-2720|1657-☘ ducat, on the vicariat]] | * [[Saxony 1657 ducat Fr-2720|1657-☘ ducat, on the vicariat]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxony 1657 2 ducats Fr-2719|1657 double ducat, on the vicariat]] | + | * [[Saxony 1657 2 ducats Fr-2719|1657-☘ double ducat, on the vicariat]] |
* [[Saxony 1658 thaler Dav-7630|1658 thaler, for the vicariat]] | * [[Saxony 1658 thaler Dav-7630|1658 thaler, for the vicariat]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1659 thaler Dav-7615|1659 thaler, death of the elector's mother]] | * [[Saxony 1659 thaler Dav-7615|1659 thaler, death of the elector's mother]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:06, 29 April 2026
This specimen was lot 10349 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $1,292. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. Taler, 1657. NGC AU-55. Johann Georg II (1656-80). Death of Ferdinand III. Toned, nice strike, attractive. NGC AU-55. Demarete Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This type was issued 1657-58 only to commemorate the death of the emperor Ferdinand III. The elector also issued a quarter thaler (KM 457), a half thaler (KM 458), a double thaler (Dav-LS398), a triple thaler (Dav-LS397), a quadruple thaler (Dav-LS396), a single ducat (KM 463) and a double ducat (KM 464) on this occasion. We may assume he thought it was a big deal.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-7630; KM-481.
- 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.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
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- Saxony 1656 thaler Dav-7614
- 1657 ¼ thaler vicariat
- 1657 half thaler, vicariat
- 1657 thaler, vicariat
- 1657-☘ double thaler, on the vicariat
- 1657-☘ triple thaler, on the vicariat
- 1657-☘ quadruple thaler, on the vicariat
- 1657-☘ ducat, on the vicariat
- 1657-☘ double ducat, on the vicariat
- 1658 thaler, for the vicariat
- 1659 thaler, death of the elector's mother
- 1659-CR thaler, cap on table
- Coins and currency dated 1657
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