Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1659-LW thaler Dav-6521

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from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 1136
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Celle in 1648. It lies on the Aller northeast of Hannover

This specimen was lot 1136 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle. Taler, 1659-LW. Christian Ludwig. PCGS MS-62. Of outstanding quality, this broad Taler features lovely original brown tone over the surfaces and designs that are evenly struck and impressively complete. The finest we've seen for the type." This type is recorded for 1649-65 and is among the commonest seventeenth century thalers of this state. The duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle fell extinct in 1705 and passed to Hannover.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6521; KM-211.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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