Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1679-HB 2/3 thaler KM-F224
This specimen was lot 661 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €380 (about US$512 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. 2/3 Taler 1679, Clausthal. Mit römischer Jahreszahl in der Rückseitenumschrift. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, John Frederick, 1665-79, two-thirds thaler of 1679, Clausthal mint, with date in Roman numerals on the reverse. About extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1679 only in numerous varieties with the bust in a circle or not and various arrangements of the rocks 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 F224, Dav-379; Welter 1730.
- 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.
Links to:
- 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-HB ⅓ thaler, bust right
- 1679-RB half thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1679-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 ⅔ thaler, "wild man"
- 1680-HB thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1680-RB double thaler, bust obverse
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg
- Coins and currency dated 1679