Saxe-Gotha 1670 thaler Dav-7450

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71434

This specimen was lot 71434 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-New-Gotha. Taler, 1670. Ernst I (III) the Pious. NGC AU-58. Struck to commemorate the Baptism of Princess Anna Sophia, oldest daughter of Prince Friedrich. Evidence of being overstruck on an earlier type with remnants of the original legend visible throughout the obverse legend. At first glance the remnants of the hosts legend my be disregarded as the obverse is slightly double struck, but there remains enough detail for possible attribution by the specialist. A highly interesting and lovely survivor with lots of character destine[d] for a fine cabinet." The duchy of Saxe-Gotha was created and lapsed more than once. This version was erected in 1640 and lasted until 1680, when it was partitioned among the seven surviving sons. The thalers are generally scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-27; Dav-7450.

Source:

• 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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
• Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1668 thaler, death of the duke
• 1669 thaler, on the marriage of the duke's son Frederick and Magdalena of Weissenfels
• 1671 marriage thaler
• 1671 baptism thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1670