Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1647-HS thaler Dav-6517
This specimen was lot 643 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,078 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Christian Ludwig, 1641-1648. Reichstaler 1647, Zellerfeld. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Attraktives, sehr schönes Exemplar mit feiner Tönung. (duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, Christian Louis, 1641-48, thaler of 1647, Zellerfeld mint. Very rare date, attractive very fine example with fine toning.)"
Christian Ludwig was duke in Calenberg 1641-48 and in Celle 1648-65. His younger brother Georg Wilhelm was duke in Calenberg 1648-65 and in Celle 1665-1705. The last brother, Ernst August, was duke in Calenberg 1679-98 and elector of Hannover 1692-98. Ernst August's son George inherited Calenberg and Hannover in 1698, Celle in 1705 and the throne of Great Britain in 1714. We have filed this under Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg even tho we put an identical coin dated 1649 under Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle. The auctioneers incorrectly labeled this as Dav-6515, which has the duke's name spelled "CHRIS: LUD: HERTZ. Z. G: L." This "wild man" thaler of 1643-57 is slightly scarce altho the auction cataloguers call this a very rare date.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 47.3, Dav-6517; Welter Nachtrag 1506.
- 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, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
- 1646-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1647-LW thaler Dav-6498
- 1647 thaler, bust obverse, baton in left hand
- 1647 thaler, bust obverse, baton in right hand
- Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1647 thaler Dav-6338, wild man reverse
- 1648-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1649 thaler Dav-6526 "wild man", Georg Wilhelm
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1649 thaler Dav-6517 "wild man"
- Coins and currency dated 1647
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