Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688 2/3 thaler KM-262.1

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55637

This specimen was lot 55637 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 2/3 Taler, 1688. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August. About Uncirculated Details -- Cleaned. Crown with trefoils. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Includes ticket from Kuenker." This type was struck 1680-93 along with KM 315 (leaping stallion reverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-262.1; Welter-1970.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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