Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1639-HS thaler Dav-6494

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Jean Elsen sale 134, lot 1490

This specimen was lot 1490 in Jean Elsen sale 134 (Brussels, September 2017), where it sold for €120 (about US$170 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ALLEMAGNE, BRUNSWICK-LÜNEBURG-CELLE, Friedrich (1636-1648), AR Taler, 1639, Clausthal. Légendes gothiques. D/ B. à d. R/ Ecu orné, surmonté de cinq heaumes. presque Très Beau. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Frederick I, 1636-48, silver thaler of 1639, Clausthal mint, Gothic legends. Obverse: bust to right; reverse: ornate arms, five helmets above. About very fine.)"

The duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle fell extinct in 1705 and passed to Hannover. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866. This type of 1637-43 is common.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,62 g.

Catalog reference: KM 146.2, Welter 1414; Dav-6494.

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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 134, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2017.

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