Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1675-RB 2/3 thaler KM-171

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Künker sale 293, lot 655

This specimen was lot 655 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €240 (about US$324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. 2/3 Taler 1675, Hannover. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, two-thirds thaler of 1675, Hannover mint. Small edge defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1675-76 in numerous varieties; some with the bust facing left, others with the bust facing right along with various arrangements of sailing ships on the reverse. These two-thirds thalers (or gulden) are often more available than the larger thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 171, Dav-376; Welter 1729.

Source:

  • 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., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982..
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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