Saxe-Gotha 1679 2/3 thaler

Heritage sale 3042, lot 33213

This specimen was lot 33213 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Saxe-New-Gotha. Friedrich of Altenburg 2/3 Taler 1679 MS64 NGC. Fully lustrous with a strong strike for the type. Quite scarce." The first duchy of Saxe-Gotha having lapsed in 1638, a new Saxe-Gotha was erected in 1640 which lasted only until 1680, when it was divided. Most of its issues are scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-856, KM 87.

Source:

• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.

Link to:

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• 1678 ⅔ thaler, simple arms
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• Saxe-Eisenberg 1682-HM 2/3 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1679
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Gotha