Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1636-HS 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 5592 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,392 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Ältere, 1633-1636, seit 1610 Bischof von Ratzeburg. 1/4 Reichstaler 1636, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod am 1. Oktober. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Elbeshausen, Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 68, Dortmund 2014, Nr. 702. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Augustus the Elder, 1633-36, bishop of Ratzeburg since 1610, quarter thaler of 1636, Zellerfeld mint, on his death on October 1. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
August spent most of his career as Lutheran bishop of Ratzeburg and only became duke in 1633, three years before his death, which is commemorated here. This type, one of a series, is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,16 g.
Catalog reference: KM 128, Welter 894.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1628-HS quarter thaler, death of the duke's brother
- 1628-HS thaler, death of the duke's brother
- 1629-HP goldgulden
- 1632-HS ⅛ thaler, death of the duke's brother Magnus
- 1632-HS thaler, death of the duke's brother Magnus
- 1636-HS ⅛ thaler, death of August
- 1636-HS half thaler, death of August
- 1636-HS thaler, right facing wild man
- 1636-HS thaler, left facing wild man
- 1636-HS thaler, wildman reverse
- 1636-HS thaler, three dukes
- 1636-HS thaler, death of August
- 1637-HS thaler, bust obverse
- Coins and currency dated 1636