Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1678 2/3 thaler Dav-381

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Künker sale 293, lot 660

This specimen was lot 660 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €340 (about US$458 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. 2/3 Taler 1678, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, John Frederick, 1665-79, two-thirds thaler of 1678, Clausthal mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

These two-thirds thalers (or gulden) are often more available than the larger thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Dav-381; Müseler 10.4.2/49 a; Welter 1733.

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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