Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6510B

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Künker sale 263, lot 791

This specimen was lot 791 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €750 (about US$969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, Georg, 1636-1641. Reichstaler 1641, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod. RR Kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Calenberg-Hannover, George I, 1636-41, thaler of 1641, Zellerfeld mint, on his death. Rare, small mount mark, very fine.)"

This "death" thaler is substantially rarer than the regular issue such as Dav-6508.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-41; Dav-6510 B; Welter 1455.

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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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