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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.
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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.  
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''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-Old-Gotha 1601 thaler Dav-7426|1601 thaler]]
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* [[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

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[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.

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]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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