Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1625-HB 3 thaler Dav-LS119

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Sincona sale 18, lot 1344

This specimen was lot 1344 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"3 Taler 1625. Geharnischtes Hüftbild halbrechts, Kommandostab in der Linken, im Feld rechts der Turnierhelm auf einem Tisch. Rv. Fünffach behelmtes Wappen, gehalten von zwei aufgerichteten Löwen. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Celle, triple thaler of 1625; obverse: armored half-length bust to right, baton in hand, helmet on table to right; reverse: five helmented arms supported by two lions. Very rare, extremely 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 massive coin is mentioned but not priced in the SCWC. 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 88.71 g.

Catalog reference: Welter 914, Dav-LS 119; KM-80.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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