Saxe-Alt-Weimar 1587 thaler Dav-9774

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 3725

This specimen was lot 3725 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $675.63. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Old-Weimar. Taler, 1587. Friedrich Wilhelm I with Johann III (1573-1602). NGC AU-58. First year mintage of this series (1587-94). Dark iridescent toning. Nice details. From the Rockaway Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9774; MB-59.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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