Saxony 1661 2 thaler Dav-LS401

Künker sale 293, lot 1198

This specimen was lot 1198 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,350 (about US$1,820 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1656-1680. Breiter doppelter Reichstaler 1661, Dresden, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Kapelle in der Moritzburg. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, John George II, 1656-80, double thaler of 1661, Dresden mint, on the founding of the chapel at Moritzburg. Mount mark, very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 64 mm diameter, this specimen 57,65 g.

Catalog reference: KM 496, Dav-LS401; Schnee 912.

Source:

• 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1657 double thaler
• 1660 thaler
• 1663 double thaler
• 1666 ⅓ thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1661
• return to coins of German States, Saxony