Saxe-Weimar 1622 thaler Dav-7530
This specimen was lot 5895 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,670 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-WEIMAR, HERZOGTUM, Johann Ernst und seine fünf Brüder, 1622-1626. Reichstaler 1622, Saalfeld, auf den Tod seines Bruders Friedrich in der Schlacht bei Fleury. Patina, kl. Kratzer, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Weimar, John Ernest and his five brothers, 1622-26, thaler of 1622, Saafeld mint, on the death of his brother Frederick at the battle of Fleury. Toned, light scratches, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This particular permutation of Saxe-Weimar, known as Saxe-Middle-Weimar, lasted 1605-40. This death commemorative is fairly expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 77, Dav-7530; Schnee 350; Koppe 2248.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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