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| − | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9794]]; Schnee 708. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' KM MB181, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9794]]; Schnee 708. |
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| − | * [[Saxony 1554 thaler Dav-9791|1554 thaler]] | + | * [[Saxony 1554 thaler Dav-9791|1554 thaler, Annaberg mint, hatted bust]] |
* [[Saxony 1556 1/2 thaler|1556 half thaler]] | * [[Saxony 1556 1/2 thaler|1556 half thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Saxony 1556 thaler Dav-9791|1556 thaler, Annaberg mint, hatted bust]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1557 thaler Dav-9791|1557 thaler, Annaberg mint, hatted bust]] | * [[Saxony 1557 thaler Dav-9791|1557 thaler, Annaberg mint, hatted bust]] | ||
* [[Saxe-Old-Gotha 1558 thaler Dav-9753]] | * [[Saxe-Old-Gotha 1558 thaler Dav-9753]] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 17 September 2025
This specimen was lot 1164 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM August, 1553-1586. Taler 1556, Dresden. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. Der 1. Dresdner Taler. (Germany, Electorate of Saxony, August I, 1553-86, thaler of 1556, Dresden mint, the first thaler struck there. Toned very fine.)"
This type of 1556-59 is somewhat common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB181, Dav-9794; Schnee 708.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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