Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1663-HS thaler Dav-6528

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Ponterio sale 161, lot 20409
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC
from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 22682
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC
Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41346
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The first specimen was lot 20409 in Ponterio sale 161 (Chicago, August 2011), where it sold for $373.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneberg. Taler, 1663-HS. Georg Wilhelm (1648-65). Toned, VERY FINE." The second specimen was lot 22682 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneberg. Taler, 1663-HS. Georg Wilhelm (1648-65). PCGS EF-45 Secure Holder. Toned." The third specimen was lot 41346 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg & Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1663-HS. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crossed keys. Georg II Wilhelm. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type depicting the wild man of the forest is recorded for 1654-64 and is among the common types of the period. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6528, KM 57.1, Welter 1579 var. The third specimen is Welter-1583.

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]Ponterio, Rick, et al., Ponterio sale 161: The Chicago ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's-Bowers, LLC, 2011.
  • [2]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
  • [3]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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