Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1624-HP thaler Dav-6479

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UBS sale 85, lot 284

This specimen was lot 284 in UBS sale 85 (Zürich, September 2010), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$513 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Herzogtum, -Celle, Christian, 1599-1625. Taler 1624, Andreasberg. Der stehende hl. Andreas mit seinem Kreuz von vorn. Rv. Dreifach behelmtes Wappen. Patina. Gutes sehr schön." (Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, duke Christian, 1599-1625, thaler of 1624, Andreasberg mint. St. Andrew standing with his cross; reverse: mantled and helmeted arms. Patina, good Very Fine.)

The bishopric of Minden was established in Carolingian times but was converted to Lutheranism in 1554. Christian was the younger brother of the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle and was bishop 1599-1625 and duke 1611-33 and attempted to keep the Thirty Years War away from his domain. He was succeeded in Minden by Francis of Wartenberg, a Catholic, but the Treaty of Westphalia converted the diocese to a secular principality and awarded it in 1648 to the elector of Brandenburg. His younger brother, Augustus, erstwhile bishop of Ratzeburg, succeeded to the duchy. The Hohenzollerns continued to operate the mint at Minden but those issues are collected as part of the Brandenburg and Prussian series. This type depicting St. Andrew is recorded for 1624 only and is catalogued for more than other types depicting duke Christian. Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle lapsed in 1705 on the death of the last duke and was merged with Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,60 g.

Catalog reference: Welter 926. Dav-6479.

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]UBS Auction 85: Gold and Silver Coins, Zürich: UBS AG, 2010.

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