Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1636-HS thaler Dav-5737A

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41339

Ratzeburg in 1648, on its annexation

This specimen was lot 41339 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1636-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. August I. PCGS EF-45. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This thaler was issued by the duke in his capacity as bishop of Ratzeburg ("EPI^S ·RATC:"), which is where Davenport listed it. August spent most of his career as Lutheran bishop of Ratzeburg and only became duke in 1633, three years before his death. Other thalers for 1636 include Dav-5732, -5736, Dav-5736A, Dav-5737, Dav-5738, Dav-6484, and -6485. Ratzeburg was annexed to Mecklenburg in 1648, at the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-5737A; KM-133.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• Ratzeburg 1635-HS thaler
• Ratzeburg 1636-HS thaler
• 1636-HS ⅛ thaler, death of August
• 1636-HS quarter 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, three dukes
• 1636-HS thaler, death of August
• Coins and currency dated 1636