Saxony 1556 thaler Dav-9794

Künker sale 263, lot 1164

This specimen was lot 1164 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,879 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"SACHSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM August, 1553-1586. Taler 1556, Dresden. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. Der 1. Dresdner Taler. (Germany, Electorate of Saxony, August I, 1553-86, thaler of 1556, Dresden mint, the first thaler struck there. Toned very fine.)"

This type of 1556-59 is somewhat common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM MB181, Dav-9794; Schnee 708.

Source:

• 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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