Saxony 1591-HB thaler Dav-9808
This specimen was lot 3772 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €775 (about US$1,098 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Christian I., 1586-1591. Reichstaler 1591, Dresden, auf seinen Tod. R Hübsche Patina, kl. Kratzer im Rand, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Saxony, Christian I, 1586-91, thaler of 1591, Dresden mint, on his death. Rare, handsome patina, edge crack, very fine.)"
The occasion of the death of elector Christian I caused the issue of a number of memorial thalers, including KM MB287/Dav-9808, KM MB288/Dav-9810, MB289/Dav-9812, MB290/Dav-9814, KM MB291/Dav-9816 and KM MB292/Dav-9818 plus multiple thalers. Some have bust obverses, others have arms on the obverse. All are expensive but this one seems to be the most available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 29,00 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB287, Dav-9808; Schnee 736; Keilitz/Kahnt 152.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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