Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1687-HB thaler Dav-6612A

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Künker sale 263, lot 794

This specimen was lot 794 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,617 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, Ernst August, 1679-1698, seit 1662 Bischof von Osnabrück. Reichstaler 1687, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Harzer Gruben. Mit Randschrift: È DAS ∙ LAND ∙ DIE ∙ FRUCHTE ∙ BRINGET IM ∙ HARTZ ∙ DER ∙ THALER ∙ KLINGET. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Calenberg-Hannover, Ernest August, 1679-98, since 1662 bishop of Osnabrück, thaler of 1687, Clausthal mint, for the Harz mines, with edge lettering. Attractive example with handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

While the "leaping stallion" thaler was popular and struck in many variations, this particular issue of 1683-87 is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-306; Dav-6612 A; Müseler 10.4.3/22 var; Welter 1960.

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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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