Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1679 thaler Dav-6589

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from Künker sale 354, lot 5647

This specimen was lot 5647 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. Reichstaler 1679, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod am 28. Dezember. RR Schöne Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 80, Dortmund 2018, Nr. 399. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, John Frederick, 1665-79, thaler of 1679, Zellerfeld mint, on his death on December 28. Very rare, beautiful patina, extremely fine.)"

This is one of an extensive series of commemoratives, including many thalers, marking the death of duke Johann Friedrich. Other thalers included Dav-6582, -6583, -6584, -6576, -6577, -6590, -6592, -6593, -6564 and -6565.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,93 g.

Catalog reference: KM 234, Dav-6589; Welter 1724.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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