Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1672-LW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS206
This specimen was lot 1136 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,825 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, BRUNSWICK-CALENBERG, Johann Friedrich (1665-1679), AR 1 1/2 Taler, 1672, Clausthal. Frappé avec l'argent des mines du Harz. D/ Monogramme couronné dans une couronne, entouré de quatorze écussons couronnés. R/ Cheval bondissant au-dessus de la mine, couronné par une main sortant d'un nuage. Belle patine. Très Beau à Superbe. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, John Frederick, 1665-79, muled double thaler of 1672, Clausthal mint, for the Harz mines. Obverse: crowned monogram surrounded by fourteen crowns shields; reverse: a stallion leaps over a view of the mines, a hand issues from cloud with a laurel wreath. Nice patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type also comes with mintmaster's initials LW. It accompanied a double thaler (Dav-LS205).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 42 g, silver, this specimen is 42,93 g.
Catalog reference: Welter 1667; Müseler 10.2.2/24; Dav-LS206, KM 131.3.
- 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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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