Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1648-HS thaler Dav-6517
This specimen was lot 73560 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg & Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1648. Zellerfeld or Goslar Mint. Christian Ludwig. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. This example offers uniform, pale argent surfaces, and generally good details though with occasional weakness in the legends. A transitional design variety; issued in the final (partial) year of Christian Ludwig's reign but with the left-facing Wild Man design employed by his successor Georg II Wilhelm. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." We have filed this under Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg even tho we put an identical coin dated 1649 under Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6517 (image reversed with 6518); cf. KM-47.3; Welter-1505.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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