Saxe-Old Gotha 1598 thaler Dav-9760
This specimen was part of lot 1267 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €700 (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-COBURG-EISENACH, HERZOGTUM Johann Casimir und Johann Ernst, 1572-1633. Reichstaler 1598, 1599, Saalfeld. 2 Stück., Sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, John Casimer and John Ernest, 1572-1633, thalers of 1598 and 1599, Saalfeld mint. Two pieces, very fine or better.)"
This type is listed for 1598-1612. The issues of 1601-12 are catalogued as Dav-7426 and are common. This division of the Saxon lands lasted 1572-1638. Saxe-Neu-Gotha dates from 1640.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB52, Dav-9760; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 81 b, 82 b; Schnee 179.
- 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.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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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