Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1636-HS thaler Dav-6484
This specimen was lot 5587 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$22,267 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Ältere, 1633-1636, gemeinschaftlich mit seinen Brüdern Friedrich von Celle und Georg von Calenberg. Reichstaler 1636, Zellerfeld. Geharnischtes Hüftbild halbr. die Rechte in die Hüfte gelegt, in der Linken Helm//Die geharnischten Hüftbilder seiner Brüder einander gegenüber, oben Reichsapfel. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar mit herrlicher Tönung. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 44, Osnabrück 1998, Nr. 3466. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Augustus the Elder, 1633-36, together with his brothers Friedrich von Celle and Georg von Calenberg, thaler of 1636, Zellerfeld mint. Obverse: half-length bust of the duke left, with helment in left hand; reverse: half-length facing busts of his brothers, orb above. Extremely rare, choice example with superb toning, extremely fine.)"
This type seems to have been an experiment in joint coinage between Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle and Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg. It was not repeated and this type is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 134.1, Dav-6484; Welter 904.
- 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, 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:
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- 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, wildman reverse
- 1636-HS thaler, death of August
- 1637-HS thaler, bust obverse
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