Saxony 1675-CR 2/3 thaler

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70593

perhaps the same specimen

This specimen was lot 70593 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony-Albertine. 2/3 Taler, 1677-CR. Johann Georg II (1656-80). NGC MS-61. Bold strike with dark attractive tone and strong underlying luster." This type was struck 1675-78 and is fairly scarce. There was a fad in north Germany to strike gulden (2/3 thaler) in the 1670's and Saxony issued a few but not so many as other states.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-805; KM-549.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018

Links to:

• Saxony 1675-CR 1/3 thaler KM-547
• Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1675-RB 2/3 thaler KM-171
• Magdeburg 1675 2/3 thaler KM-172
• 1678-CR thaler
• 1680-CF ⅔ thaler, John George II
• Coins and currency dated 1675
• return to coins of German States, Saxony