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[[Image:Saxony K293-1195.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1195]] | [[Image:Saxony K293-1195.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 1195]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1195 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,078 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. 1/2 Reichstaler 1657, Dresden, auf das Vikariat. Fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, half thaler of 1657, Dresden mint, for the vicariat. about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 single thaler ([[Saxony 1657 thaler Dav-7630|Dav-7630]]), 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 (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 1195 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,078 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. 1/2 Reichstaler 1657, Dresden, auf das Vikariat. Fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, half thaler of 1657, Dresden mint, for the vicariat. about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> 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 single thaler ([[Saxony 1657 thaler Dav-7630|Dav-7630]]), 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 (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 1637-SD 1/2 thaler|1637-SD half thaler]] | * [[Saxony 1637-SD 1/2 thaler|1637-SD half thaler]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxony 1651-CR 1/2 thaler|1651-CR half thaler]] | + | * [[Saxony 1651-CR 1/2 thaler|1651-☘ CR half thaler]] |
* [[Saxony 1657 1/4 thaler|1657 ¼ thaler vicariat]] | * [[Saxony 1657 1/4 thaler|1657 ¼ thaler vicariat]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1657 thaler Dav-7628|1657 thaler, vicariat]] | * [[Saxony 1657 thaler Dav-7628|1657 thaler, vicariat]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:03, 19 May 2026
This specimen was lot 1195 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,078 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. 1/2 Reichstaler 1657, Dresden, auf das Vikariat. Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, half thaler of 1657, Dresden mint, for the vicariat. about extremely fine.)"
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 single thaler (Dav-7630), 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: KM 458, Clauß/Kahnt 494.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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- 1637-SD half thaler
- 1651-☘ CR half thaler
- 1657 ¼ thaler vicariat
- 1657 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 half thaler, vicariat
- 1659-CR half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1657
- return to coins of German States, Saxony