Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1659-HS 1/8 thaler

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Künker sale 354, lot 5629

This specimen was lot 5629 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Georg Wilhelm, 1648-1665. 1/8 Reichstaler 1659, Zellerfeld, auf den Tod seiner Mutter Anna Eleonora von Hessen-Darmstadt am 6. Mai. Schöne Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 385, Frankfurt/Main 2005, Nr. 2780. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, George William, 1648-65, one eighth thaler of 1659, Zellerfeld mint, on the death of his mother on May 6. Beautiful patina, extremely fine.)"

Georg Wilhelm was promoted to duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle on the death of his brother Christian Ludwig in 1665 and he ruled in Celle until 1705.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3,49 g.

Catalog reference: KM 60, Welter 1468; Schütz 2717.

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]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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