Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1679-HB 1/3 thaler KM-219
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This specimen was lot 70541 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg. 1/3 Taler, 1679-HB. Johann Friedrich (1665-79). PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details Secure Holder. Minor tooling in obverse field. Good strike with even gray toning." This type was struck 1679 only. Another one-third thaler exists for 1679 announcing the death of the duke (KM 220). He died in 1679, leaving only daughters, and was succeeded by his youngest brother Ernst Augustus.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 219.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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- (1671-79) ⅓ thaler, bust obverse
- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust right, ships sailing right
- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust right, ships sailing left
- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust left
- 1678-HB thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1679 4 mariengroschen, "St. Andrew" reverse
- 1679-RB 1/24 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-RB 1/16 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-HB ⅛ thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-HB quarter thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-RB quarter thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1679-RB half thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1679-HB ⅔ thaler, bust right
- MDCLXXIX-HB ⅔ thaler, bust right
- 1679-RB thaler, "EX DURIS GLORIA" at the sides
- 1679-RB thaler, "EX DURIS GLORIA" at the top
- 1679-HB thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 quadruple thaler, death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1680-HB thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1680-RB double thaler, bust obverse
- 1690 ⅓ thaler
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg
- Coins and currency dated 1679