Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1755 1/24 thaler KM-294

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2994

This specimen was lot 2994 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $114. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAXE-GOTHA-ALTENBURG: Friedrich III, 1732-1772, AR 1/24 thaler, 1755, 200th Anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg, a lustrous toned example, PCGS graded AU58." This commemorative was struck in 1755 only. The duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg survived until 1825. The "CIϽIϽCCLV" is the date written in old-fashioned Roman numerals, which would be written today as "MDCCLV".

Recorded mintage: 59,000.

Specifications: 2.13 g, silver, 21.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-294.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• 1755 1½ pfennig
• 1755-LCK 8 groschen = ⅓ thaler
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1755-S FS thaler, bicentennial of the religious peace of Augsburg
• 1755-LCK thaler, bicentennial of the peace of Augsburg
• 1755 ducat
• 1761 3 pfennig
• 1764-LCK 1/24 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1755