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." This type was struck 1587-94. This branch of the Wettins fell extinct in 1605.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9774; MB-59.

Source:

• 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]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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