Saxony 1680-CF 2/3 thaler KM-559
This specimen was lot 958 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "SAXONY: Hans Georg II, 1657-1680, AR 2/3 thaler, Dresden, 1680, an attractive nearly mint state example, PCGS graded AU58, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This denomination was first struck in Saxony in 1675. This type was struck 1678-81 for elector John George II. Another gulden, KM 571, was struck 1680-91 for John George III.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 15.57 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-559.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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.
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