1 Thaler - John George II Marriage

Features

Issuer	Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line) (German States)
Prince elector	John George II (Hans Georg II) (1657-1680)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1662
Value	1 Thaler
Currency	Thaler (1493-1805)
Composition	Silver
Weight	28.9 g
Size	46 mm
Shape	Klippe
Technique	Klippe
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 32837
References	KM# 500 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Dav ST# 7631 John Stewart Davenport; 1976. German Secular Talers 1600-1700. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , Schnee# 914 Gernot Schnee; 1982. Sächsische Taler 1500-1800 und Abschläge von Talerstempeln in Gold und Silber: Dukaten, Mehrfach-Taler, Halbtaler. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

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Commemorative issue

Marriage of Erdmuthe Sophie to Christian Ernst

Obverse

Arms with wreath from clouds over pillars and monument. Legend around, arms in four corners.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MEDIANTE DEO ET AMORE EXISTENTE PACE & CONCORDIA

Translation: Let there be peace and concord through the mediation of God and love.

Reverse

Arms in four corners, nine-line inscription within circle.

Script: Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering:
V. G. G.
Johan Georgs
des Andern Herzogs
und Churfurstens zu
Sachssen auch Burg
grafens zu Magdeb
gehaltenes haupt
schiessen zu Dreßden.
1662

Lettering (regular font):
V. G. G.
Johan Georgs
des Andern Herzogs
und Churfurstens zu
Sachssen auch Burg
grafens zu Magdeb
gehaltenes haupt
schiessen zu Dreßden.
1662

Edge

Plain

Mint

Dresden, Germany

Comments

This piece was struck to commemorate the marriage of Johann Georg II's daughter Erdmuthe Sophie to her cousin Christian Ernst, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on October 29, 1662. Erdmuthe Sophie died just eight years later. Because the marriage produced no children, the lines of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Saxony remained separate.

Two pillars representing peace (topped by two doves) on the right and concord on the left are bound by a chain composed of hearts (representing love) to a central obelisk crowned from the heavens below the Hebrew name of God. Whereas similar celestial crowning scenes normally involve a single manus Dei (hand of God), here the crown is lowered by two hands at the ends of arms wearing the turned-back sleeves of contemporary fashion. This it is somewhat unclear who (singular or plural?) is really crowning the monument. The importance of peace, love, and concord in a marriage notwithstanding, the type also advertises the political nature of the marriage through the prominent display of the arms of the Electorate of Saxony and the Margraviate of Brandenburg at the base and top of the obelisk.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1662									$ 1300

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232149 Lot 62440	2 Dec 2021	AU (PCGS AU50)	USD 1320.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2021 August 19 - 20 ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction 3094 Lot 34706	19 Aug 2021	AU (NGC AU Details (Obverse Tooled))	USD 1140.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XXVI Lot 1056	10 Jan 2023	VF	USD 1800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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