Saxony 1546 thaler Dav-9736

Künker sale 263, lot 1162

This specimen was lot 1162 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €825 (about US$1,066 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Johann Friedrich der Großmütige und Moritz, 1541-1547. Taler 1546, Buchholz. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit ausdrucksvoller Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Electorate of Saxony, John Frederick the Magnanimous and Maurice, 1541-47, thaler of 1546, Buchholz mint. Very attractively toned, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type of 1542-46 is common and very similar to Dav-9735. It was issued by the Ernestine branch of the dynasty.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9736; Schnee 117.

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.
• ^[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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• 1543 thaler
• 1546 thaler, reverse bust right
• 1547 thaler
• Saxony 1569-HB thaler Dav-9798
• Coins and currency dated 1546
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