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| − | This specimen was lot 22398 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1575. Friedrich Wilhelm I and Johann III (1573-1605). PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Well struck with moderate wear and deep old tone." This particular version of Saxe-Weimar would lapse on the duke's death in 1605. It would be revived several times before World War One wiped away all the German principalities. This type of 1574-78 is scarce but not rare. | + | This specimen was lot 22398 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1575. Friedrich Wilhelm I and Johann III (1573-1605). PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Well struck with moderate wear and deep old tone." The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920. This particular version of Saxe-Weimar would lapse on the duke's death in 1605. It would be revived several times before World War One wiped away all the German principalities. This type of 1574-78 is scarce but not rare. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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''Specification:'' silver. | ''Specification:'' silver. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' | + | ''Catalog reference:'' KM MB29; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9766]]. |
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* [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1569 thaler Dav-9762|1569 thaler]] | * [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1569 thaler Dav-9762|1569 thaler]] | ||
* [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1579 1/2 thaler|1579 half thaler]] | * [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1579 1/2 thaler|1579 half thaler]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar | + | * [[Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1579 thaler Dav-9768|1579 thaler]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1575]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1575]] | ||
* return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] | * return to coins of [[German States, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]] | ||
[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale]] | [[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale]] | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 28 February 2024
This specimen was lot 22398 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1575. Friedrich Wilhelm I and Johann III (1573-1605). PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Well struck with moderate wear and deep old tone." The division of Erfurt in 1572 permanently splintered Ernestine Thuringia into fragments which were not reunited until the establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1920. This particular version of Saxe-Weimar would lapse on the duke's death in 1605. It would be revived several times before World War One wiped away all the German principalities. This type of 1574-78 is scarce but not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB29; Dav-9766.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, 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.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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