Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1698 thaler Dav-6651

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Künker sale 263, lot 795

This specimen was lot 795 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, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Ernst August, 1679-1698, seit 1662 Bischof von Osnabrück. Reichstaler 1698, Clausthal, auf seinen Tod. R Feine Patina, vorzügliches Prachtexemplar. (Germany, electorate of Hannover, Ernest August, 1679-98, thaler of 1698, Clausthal mint, on his death. Scarce, fine patina, extremely fine proof example.)"

This type is scarce but not rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-411; Dav-6651; Welter 1966.

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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