Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1640-HS thaler Dav-6508
This specimen was lot 25061 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler, 1640-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg. PCGS AU-55. Sporting a fairly deep gunmetal gray tone that intensifies even more nearer the edges, this lightly handled and entirely wholesome Taler presents rather elegant charm and a handsome appearance. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1639-42 and is common. It was one of the first thalers of this new state. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6508; KM-22.2; Welter-1454.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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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