Saxe-Gotha 1669 thaler Dav-7449

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Jean Elsen list 265, lot 744
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This specimen was lot 744 in Jean Elsen list 265 (Brussels, July-September 2013) where it was offered for €650 (about US$858 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ALLEMAGNE, SAXE-NEU GOTHA, Ernst der Fromme (1640-1675), AR Taler, 1669, Gotha. Mariage de son fils Friedrich et de Magdalena de Weissenfels. Droit: Les époux se donnant la main sous une colombe et le nom divin rayonnant. Revers: Inscription en douze lignes. Très Beau. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-New Gotha, Ernest (1640-75), silver thaler of 1669, Gotha mint, on the marriage of his son Frederick and Magdalena of Weissenfels. Obverse: bride and groom hold hands under a dove and the divine glory; Reverse: twelve line inscription. Very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: 747.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Schnee, 425; Steguweit, 22, Dav-7449.

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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Philippe Elsen et al., Liste 265, Juillet-Septembre 2013, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2013.

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