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[[Image:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1764 thaler rev Heritage 3010-20983.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
 
[[Image:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1764 thaler rev Heritage 3010-20983.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
  
This specimen was lot 20983 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $2,185. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Friedrich III Taler 1764, MS65 PCGS, a marvelous example with perfectly blended patina and underlying mint brilliance. The surfaces are prooflike and virtually pristine."  
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This specimen was lot 20983 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $2,185. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Friedrich III Taler 1764, MS65 PCGS, a marvelous example with perfectly blended patina and underlying mint brilliance. The surfaces are prooflike and virtually pristine." Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was created in 1672 when the duke of Saxe-Gotha inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, whose ruler had died without heirs. The two duchies were officially merged in 1680 and the new state remained intact until 1825.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 29,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 29,000.
  
''Specification:'' silver.  
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''Specification:'' 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-2722]], KM 317 (formerly C31).  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-2722]], KM 317 (formerly C31).  
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* [[Saxony 1764-EDC thaler Dav-2681]]
 
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* [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1764-ICE thaler Dav-2751B]]
 
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* [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1765-LCK 1/24 thaler|1765 1/24 thaler]]
 
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* [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1765 thaler Dav-2723|1765 thaler]]
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* [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1766 1/3 thaler|1766 ⅓ thaler (half gulden)]]
 
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[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3010]]
 
[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3010]]

Latest revision as of 09:53, 30 April 2026

Heritage sale 3010, lot 20983
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 20983 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $2,185. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Friedrich III Taler 1764, MS65 PCGS, a marvelous example with perfectly blended patina and underlying mint brilliance. The surfaces are prooflike and virtually pristine." Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was created in 1672 when the duke of Saxe-Gotha inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, whose ruler had died without heirs. The two duchies were officially merged in 1680 and the new state remained intact until 1825.

Recorded mintage: 29,000.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2722, KM 317 (formerly C31).

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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