Saxe-Old Gotha (15)63 thaler Dav-9753

Künker sale 263, lot 1264

This specimen was lot 1264 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €510 (about US$659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, HERZOGTUM (Ernestiner nach dem Verlust der Kurwürde) Johann Friedrich II. 1557-1567, gestorben 1595 in Gefangenschaft. Taler 1563, Saalfeld. R Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Saxony, after losing the electorate, John Frederick II, 1557-67, thaler of 1563, Saalfeld mint. Scarce, very fine. The duke died in captivity in 1595.)"

This type is listed for 1558-66 and is scarce but not rare. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9753; Schnee 159.

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.

Link to:

• Saxe-Old-Gotha 1558 thaler Dav-9753
• 1566 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1563
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Gotha