Saxony 1623 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 5865 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg I. 1615-1656. 1/4 Reichstaler 1623, Dresden. Mit Münzstättenzeichen Schwan. Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George I, 1615-56, quarter thaler of 1623, Dresden mint, with swan mintmark. Fine toning, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1623-27 and strongly resembles the concurrent thaler (Dav-7601).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 388, Clauß/Kahnt 192.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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