Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1657-LW 2 thaler Dav-LS162

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Künker sale 354, lot 5605

This specimen was lot 5605 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,100 (about US$5,706 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Christian Ludwig, 1648-1665. Löser zu 2 Reichstalern 1657, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Harzer Gruben. Mit Wertpunze. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Christian Louis, 1648-65, double thaler of 1657, Clausthal mint, for the Harz mines, with denomination punched in. Attractive example with fine toning, minor scratches, extremely fine.)"

This year saw the issue of a series of multiple thalers, including a quintuple thaler (Dav-LSA160), quadruple thaler (Dav-LS160), triple thaler (Dav-LS161), double thaler (Dav-LS162, shown here) and 1½ thaler (Dav-LS166). The duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle fell extinct in 1705 and passed to Hannover.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 57.70 g.

Catalog reference: KM 242.1, Dav-LS162; Duve 4 B; Müseler zu 10.4.1/41 (without punch); Welter 1488; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) zu 149 (without punch); Kluge (Slg. Preussag) 9.3.

Source:

  • 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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