Saxony 1560-HB thaler Dav-9795

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 3733

This specimen was lot 3733 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony-Albertine. Taler, 1560. August (1553-86). NGC EF-45. Dark toned. From the Rockaway Collection." Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. This Davenport type was struck 1556-67 at Dresden and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9795.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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