Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1639-HS 3 thaler Dav-LS131a
This specimen was lot 20 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,379 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, Friedrich, 1636-1648. Löser zu 3 Reichstalern 1639, Clausthal. Ohne Wertpunze; Münzmeister Henning Schreiber. Geharnischtes Brustbild v. v. mit großer Halskrause in verzierter Kartusche, darüber geflügeltes Engelköpfchen//Fünffach behelmtes, 12feldiges Wappen, oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 39, unten Kartusche mit Münzmeistersignatur. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. Erworben im November 1991 von der Münzenhandlung Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Frederick, 1636-48, triple thaler of 1639, Clausthal mint, without value punched in. Obverse: armored bust facing in a cartouche with a large ruffed collar, winged angel's head above; reverse: five helmeted, manifold arms dvide the date, initials below. Very rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
In 1639, the duke also issued a five thaler (Dav-LS129), a quadruple thaler (Dav-LS130) and a thaler (Dav-6494). This type comes with or without the value punched in.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 85,86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 151; Dav-LS131a; Duve 1; Welter 1406; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 133 (with value punched in).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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