Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1667-HS thaler Dav-6546
This specimen was lot 74604 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler, 1667-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. Johann Friedrich. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Despite a prior cleaning, this crown-sized issue is beginning to reacquire color quite majestically. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." 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. This is one of nine different thalers from this state dated 1667:
- KM 101/Dav-6557, St. Andrew reverse, quite scarce;
- KM 102/Dav-6569, bust obverse, very scarce;
- KM 112/Dav-6545, wild man with "EX DURIS GLORIA", fairly common;
- KM 113.1/Dav-6546, title as "DUX", shown here, struck 1667-70, fairly common;
- KM 114/Dav-6550, leaping stallion reverse, fairly common;
- KM 115/Dav-6551, leaping stallion reverse, fairly common;
- KM 116, leaping stallion reverse, not priced;
- KM 82/Dav-6549, leaping stallion in a wreath, fairly common;
- KM 89/Dav-6544, wild man reverse, struck 1665-67, somewhat scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6546; KM-113.1; Welter-1715.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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- 1665-LW thaler, leaping stallion
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-HS thaler Dav-6517, wild man with tree in left hand
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-HS thaler Dav-6525, on the death of the duke
- 1666-LW half thaler, St. Andrew reverse
- 1666-HS thaler, wild man reverse, three helmets over arms
- 1667-HS "wild man" thaler, five helmets over arms., "HERTZOG"
- 1667 thaler, leaping stallion in a wreath
- 1667-LW thaler, leaping stallion reverse
- 1668 ducat
- Coins and currency dated 1667