Saxe-Old Gotha 1625-WA 2 thaler Dav-LS413b

Künker sale 263, lot 1276

This specimen was lot 1276 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,359 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-COBURG-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Casimir, 1624-1633. Breiter doppelter Reichstaler 1625, Saalfeld. R Patina, kl. Henkelspur, Felder leicht geglättet, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, John Casimer, 1624-33, wide double thaler of 1625, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, toned, mount mark, tooling in the fields, very fine.)"

As these large pieces were given out as prizes at shooting festivals and the like, it is not surprising that most survivors have been mounted. This variety was minted 1624-26. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 58 g, silver, this specimen 57.34 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-LS413 b; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 295 b; Schnee 195.

Source:

• ^[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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

• Saxe-Old Gotha 1624-WA thaler Dav-7431
• 1624 2 thaler
• 1627 2 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1625
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Gotha