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[[Image:SA52-0890.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 52, lot 890]] | [[Image:SA52-0890.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 52, lot 890]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 890 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[German States, Saxe-Gotha|SAXE-COBURG-EISENACH]]: Johann Casimir & Johann Ernst, 1572-1633, AR thaler, 1607, Fine." This type was struck 1598-1612 and is fairly common. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640. | + | This specimen was lot 890 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[German States, Saxe-Gotha|SAXE-COBURG-EISENACH]]: Johann Casimir & Johann Ernst, 1572-1633, AR thaler, 1607, Fine." This type was struck 1598-1612 and is fairly common. The mintmaster's initials "WA" were added in 1604. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.67 g. | + | ''Specification:'' 29.7 g, silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 28.67 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM-5, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7426]]; Schnee 183; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 105. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-5, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-7426]]; Schnee 183; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 105. | ||
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| − | * [[Saxe- | + | * [[Saxe-Altenburg 1602 thaler Dav-7426|1602 thaler]] |
* [[Saxe-Altenburg 1607-WA thaler Dav-7361]] | * [[Saxe-Altenburg 1607-WA thaler Dav-7361]] | ||
* [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1610-WA thaler Dav-7426|1610-WA thaler]] | * [[Saxe-Old Gotha 1610-WA thaler Dav-7426|1610-WA thaler]] | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 12 March 2026
This specimen was lot 890 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXE-COBURG-EISENACH: Johann Casimir & Johann Ernst, 1572-1633, AR thaler, 1607, Fine." This type was struck 1598-1612 and is fairly common. The mintmaster's initials "WA" were added in 1604. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.7 g, silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 28.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM-5, Dav-7426; Schnee 183; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 105.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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