Brunswick-Dannenberg 1624 thaler Dav-6425

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Künker sale 386, lot 5108

This specimen was lot 5108 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,585 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-DANNENBERG, FÜRSTENTUM, Julius Ernst, 1598-1636. Reichstaler 1624, Scharnebeck. Variante mit abgespreiztem rechtem Arm. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 256, Frankfurt/Main 1957, Nr. 1059 und der Slg. Dr. Werner Koch, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 273, Frankfurt/Main 1970, Nr. 510. (duchy of Brunswick-Dannenburg, Julius Ernest, 1598-1636, thaler of 1624, Scharnebeck mint, variety with right arm thrown back. Very rare, handsome patina, choice very fine.)"

This rare thaler is from a state that lapsed in 1636 and passed to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.83 g.

Catalog reference: KM 27.3, Dav-6425, Bahrf. 142; ; Welter Nachtrag 704.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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