Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1643-LW thaler Dav-6494

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77223
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This specimen was lot 77223 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg & Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1643-LW. Friedrich V. EXTREMELY FINE Details--Mount Removed, Smoothed, Cleaned." Christian Ludwig was duke in Calenberg 1641-48 and in Celle 1648-65. His younger brother Georg Wilhelm was duke in Calenberg 1648-65 and in Celle 1665-1705. The last brother, Ernst August, was duke in Calenberg 1679-98 and elector of Hannover 1692-98. This type was struck 1637-43 and is fairly common. Other thalers from this state for 1643 include KM 155.1/Dav-6488, KM 166/Dav-6495, KM 167/Dav-6487 and KM 168/Dav-6501.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6494; KM-146.2.

Source:

  • 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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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