Saxe-Coburg (1694)-HEA thaler Dav-7412

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Kunker sale 263, lot 1334

This specimen was lot 1334 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$5,942 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SACHSEN-COBURG, HERZOGTUM Albrecht III. 1680-1699. Reichstaler o. J. Coburg. Ohne Randschrift. Dav-- (zu 7412, dort mit Jahreszahl 1694). Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, leichte Stempelfehler im Randbereich, fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Coburg, Albrecht III 1680-99, undated thaler of Coburg mint, without edge lettering. Of the greatest rarity, toned, extremely fine.)

Während des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs fiel Coburg an Sachsen-Weimar und Sachsen-Altenburg. Nachdem Altenburg 1672 ausgestorben war, erhielt Herzog Ernst der Fromme von Sachsen-Gotha das Herzogtum Altenburg mit Coburg. Ernst der Fromme übergab die Regierung 1674 an seinen ältesten Sohn Friedrich I. der in Gotha bis zu seinem Tod 1691 regierte. Im Jahr 1680 wurde das Erbe Ernsts des Frommen auf Wunsch der sechs jüngeren Brüder von Friedrich I. erneut geteilt. Albrecht III. erhielt Sachsen-Coburg, das als selbständige Linie bereits nach dem Tod des Herzogs 1699 wieder erlosch. Am 17. Juni 1684 erhielt Albrecht III. von Christian V. von Dänemark den Elefantenorden, der auch bei unserem Stück auf der Vorderseite dargestellt ist. (During the Thirty Years War, Coburg fell to Saxony-Weimar and Saxe-Altenburg. After Altenburg fell extinct in 1672, Duke Ernst "the Pious" of Saxe-Gotha, received the Duchy of Altenburg with Coburg. Ernst the Pious gave the government in 1674 to his eldest son Frederick in Gotha until his death in 1691. In 1680 the legacy of Ernst the Pious was divided again at the request of six younger brothers of Frederick I. Albrecht III received Saxe-Coburg, which was extinguished again as a separate line after the duke's death in 1699. On June 17, 1684 Albrecht received from Christian V of Denmark the Order of the Elephant, which this specimen shows him wearing on the obverse.)"

The regular issue Dav-7412 (itself rather rare) bears the date 1694; this specimen, lacking the date, may be a pattern. The duchy of Saxe-Coburg itself lasted only until the death of Albrecht in 1699.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7412; Schnee 535; Kozinowski/Otto/Ruß 531.2.

Source:

  • [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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.

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