Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1620 thaler Dav-6436

Künker sale 293, lot 607

This specimen was lot 607 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €280 (about US$377 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Christian, Bischof von Minden, 1611-1633. Reichstaler 1620, Clausthal. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Christian, bishop of Minden, 1611-33, thaler of 1620, Clausthal mint. Very fine.)"

This issue is fairly common for a one year type. Its value may be depressed by being one in a string of similar thalers (Dav-6431 thru -6442) issued 1617-23.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 9.7, Dav-6436; Welter 921.

Source:

• 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, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1619 quarter thaler
• 1619 thaler
• 1622 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1620
• return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg