Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1677-HB 2 thaler Dav-LS213

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Künker sale 400, lot 37

This specimen was lot 37 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$5,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG, Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. Löser zu 2 Reichstalern 1677, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Harzer Gruben. Ohne Wertpunze; Münzmeister Heinrich Bonhorst. Gekröntes Monogramm, umher Lorbeerkranz, umgeben von 14 kleinen, gekrönten Wappen auf Palmzweigen//Roß springt l. darüber hält eine aus Wolken kommende Hand einen Lorbeerkranz, unten Bergwerkslandschaft und Grubenquerschnitt mit arbeitenden Bergmännern, r. großes Wasserrad. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Ahlers, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 39, Osnabrück 1997, Nr. 3760. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, John Frederick, 1665-79, double thaler of 1677, Clausthal mint, for the Harz mints, without value punched in. Crowned monogram, laurel wreath around, surrounded by 14 small crowned shields; reverse: a stallion leaps left, mining landscape below with water wheel. Extremely rare, handsome patina, small edge defects, very fine.)"

In 1677, the duke issued an extensive series of thalers and multiple thalers to honor his silver mines in the Harz that provided the bullion for these coins. This type also comes with mintmaster RB. His descendants became electors of Hannover and then kings of Great Britain.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 57.3 g, silver, this specimen 60,40 g.

Catalog reference: KM 132.5, Dav-LS213; Duve 5; Müseler 10.4.2/39; Welter 1675; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 199; Kluge (Slg. Preussag) 18.2.

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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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