Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1637-HS thaler Dav-6492

Sincona sale 43, lot 2088

This specimen was lot 2088 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$239 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Celle, Herzogtum, Friedrich, 1636-1648 Taler 1637. Clausthal. Gutes sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Frederick I, 1636-48, thaler of 1637, Clausthal mint. Good very fine.)"

This type was struck 1637-38 and is fairly common. Other thalers for 1637 include Dav-6491, -6491A, -6494. The duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle fell extinct in 1705 and passed to Hannover.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.65 g.

Catalog reference: Welter 1414, Dav-6492; KM 146.1.

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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.

Link to:

• (1640-48)-LW ⅛ thaler
• 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
• Brunswick-Harburg 1637-HS thaler Dav-6408
• Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1637-HS thaler Dav-6504
• 1638-HS thaler, bust obverse, "HS" divides date
• 1639-HS thaler, bust obverse, "HS" below date
• 1639-HS quadruple thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1637
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg