Saxony 1554 thaler Dav-9791
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This specimen was lot 1494 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 550 (about US$725 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Taler 1554. Annaberg Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, thaler of 1554, Annaberg mint, extremely fine.)"
Saxony, one of the larger divisions of Germany and blessed with numerous silver mines, issued large numbers of thalers. Davenport lists this type for 1554-58 under duke August.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Keilitz/Kahnt 48. Schnee 703. Dav-9791.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800, Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.
Link to:
- 1553 thaler, Annaberg mint, Moritz
- 1553 double thaler, Saalfeld mint, Johann Friedrich I
- Salzburg 1553 guldiner Dav-8168
- 1554 half thaler
- Wurzburg 1554-SK thaler Dav-9975
- 1556 thaler, Dresden mint
- 1557 thaler, Annaberg mint, hatted bust
- Coins and currency dated 1554
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