Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1697-RB thaler Dav-6601

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41447

This specimen was lot 41447 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler, 1697-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August, as Bishop of Osnabrück. PCGS AU-55." This type, struck 1697-98 after Ernst August was promoted from duke to elector, is rather scarce. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6601; KM-382.5; Welter-1955.

Source:

• 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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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