Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1717-IT thaler Dav-2712

Künker sale 335, lot 4342

This specimen was lot 4342 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, SACHSEN-GOTHA, HERZOGTUM, AB 1672 SACHSEN, Friedrich II. 1691-1732. Reichstaler 1717, Gotha. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick II, 1691-1732, thaler of 1717, Gotha mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

On the occasion of the bicentennial of the Reformation, the duke also issued a 1/24 thaler (KM 191), 1/12 thaler (KM 192), quarter thaler (KM 194), half thaler (KM 196), several thalers (KM 197, 198, 199) and 1½ thaler (KM 201) and ducat (KM 203) and double ducat (KM 205) and 17 ducat (KM 207). For some reason, this coin no longer appears in the SCWC altho it appeared in prior editions. Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was not the only state to mark the event; see this thaler from Stolberg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.96 g.

Catalog reference: KM 197?, Dav-2712; Slg. Whiting 268; Schnee 515; Steguweit 213 Anm; Slg. Opitz 2622.

Source:

Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
^[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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Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1717-IT thaler Dav-2712

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