Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1654-HS thaler Dav-6528
This specimen was lot 1151 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRUNSWICK-LÜNEBURG-CALENBERG: Georg Wilhelm, 1648-1665, AR thaler, 1654, mintmaster HS, GEORG. WILHELM. HERTZOG. ZU. BR: U: LU around ornate arms // PIETATE. ET. IUSTITIA. ANNO 1654 around the 'wildman of the woods', NGC graded AU55." This type depicting the wild man of the forest is recorded for 1654-64 and is among the common types of the period. 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: KM-57.1, Welter 1583, Dav-6528.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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