Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1647-HS thaler Dav-6514
This specimen was lot 5628 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Christian Ludwig, 1641-1648. Reichstaler 1647, Zellerfeld. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 232, Osnabrück 2013, Nr. 600. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, Christian Louis, 1641-48, thaler of 1647, Zellerfeld mint. Rare in this quality, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1647-49. Similar thalers include Dav-6512 and Dav-6513.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 46.3, Welter 1503; Dav-6514.
- 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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