Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1644 thaler Dav-6512

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 666

This specimen was lot 666 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,818.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg. Taler, 1644. NGC MS-62. Nice toning." The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866. This type is listed for 1643-45 and was followed by similar types (Dav-6513 and Dav-6514) struck until 1649. They are priced well over double the contemporaneous "wild man" thalers (Dav-6516, -6517).

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6512; KM-46.1.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1641-HS thaler, wild man reverse
• 1643-HS thaler, wild man reverse
• 1643-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand
• Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1644-LW thaler Dav-6497
• 1646-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand
• Coins and currency dated 1644
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg