Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1683-HB 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 74689 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Calenberg-Hannover. 2/3 Taler, 1683-HB. Clausthal Mint. Ernst August. NGC AU-58. Popular prancing stallion motif. Appealing ash gray toning with impressive underlying luster." This denomination, equal to a gulden in south Germany, became very popular in the 1670's. Ernest August's son, Georg, became elector of Hannover and later king of England. The dynasty lost Hannover in the nineteenth century but still rules in Britain. Two KM numbers could apply to this issue but KM B264 lacks a photo.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-398; Welter-1971, KM 263 (1680-84) or KM B264 (1680-83).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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