Saxe-Gotha 1679 2/3 thaler

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Heritage sale 3042, lot 33213
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This specimen was lot 33213 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxe-New-Gotha. Friedrich of Altenburg 2/3 Taler 1679 MS64 NGC. Fully lustrous with a strong strike for the type. Quite scarce." The first duchy of Saxe-Gotha having lapsed in 1638, a new Saxe-Gotha was erected in 1640 which lasted only until 1680, when it was divided. Most of its issues are scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav. 856, KM 87.

Source:

  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
  • 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.

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