Brunswick-Calenberg (15)70 thaler Dav-9003
This specimen was lot 30209 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenburg. Taler, (15)69/70. Muenden Mint. Erich II 'the Younger'. PCGS MS-62. With the name of Maximilian I. A VERY RARE and desirable type featuring a split date of (15)69 on the obverse and (15)70 on the reverse, this exceptional survivor exhibits a mostly argent nature toward the center of the planchet and a more burnished aspect to the iridescence as one approaches the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1569-73 and the dates are frequently found muled, as here. It is rare. In 1495, a part of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was sliced off to form Brunswick-Calenberg for Erich "the Elder". It was passed down to Erich "the Younger" in 1540 but, upon his death without issue in 1584, returned to Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. This type was struck 1569-73.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-MB101, Dav-9003; Welter-442 (Addendum).
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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