Brunswick-Calenberg (15)72 thaler Dav-9002
This specimen was lot 25060 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,860. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler (24 Groschen), 1572. Muenden Mint; mm: crossed axes. Erich II "the Younger". PCGS AU-58. With the name of Emperor Maximilian II. Quite SCARCE and highly attractive, this near-Mint crown dazzles with a light gray tone, pleasing strike, and excellent overall detail to the wildman motif. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." 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 but rare.
Specification: 29 g, silver, 41-42 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-9002; KM MB100; Welter-441.
- 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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