Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2348. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Gotha-Altenburg. Friedrich I. 1680-1691. AR 1 1/2 Thalers (32.59 gm). Commemorating the admission of Duke Friedrich into the Pregnitz-Shäfer Order. Rural scene with sheep, shepherds and a dog with the duke nailing the ducal shield to a tree; I.C.S. below / IN/MEMORIAM/SEMPITR/NAM in four lines within scroll border; I.G. and W. below, oval stamp with 1 1/2. Cf. Davenport, LS 423 (2 Thaler); KM -. Toned, good VF. ($1500)