Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1622 thaler Dav-6476

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Künker sale 293, lot 609

This specimen was lot 609 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 UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Christian, Bischof von Minden, 1611-1633. Reichstaler 1622, Andreasberg. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Christian, bishop of Minden, 1611-33, mining thaler of 1622, for the St. Andrews mine. Mount mark, very fine.)"

This issue of 1619-22 is fairly common for a mining thaler.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 17.1, Dav-6476; Müseler 10.4.1/4 h; Welter 926.

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.

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