Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 6 thaler Dav-LS185

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Künker sale 400, lot 29

This specimen was lot 29 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €16,000 (about US$20,757 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, Christian Ludwig, 1648-1665. Löser zu 6 Reichstalern 1664, Clausthal, Ausbeute der Harzer Gruben. Mit Wertpunze; Münzmeister Lippold Wefer. Gekröntes Monogramm, umher Lorbeerkranz, umgeben von 14 kleinen, gekrönten Wappen auf Rankenornamenten, unten die eingepunzte Wertzahl//Roß springt l. darüber hält eine aus Wolken kommende Hand einen Lorbeerkranz, unten Bergwerkslandschaft und Grubenquerschnitt mit arbeitenden Bergmännern. Ohne Ausbuchtung im "C" des Monogramms. Von größter Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Slg. Virgil M. Brand, Teil 5, Auktion Leu 70, Zürich 1997, Nr. 6318. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, Christian Louis, 1648-65, six thaler of 1664, Clausthal mint, for the Harz mines, with value punched in. Obverse: crowned monogram, laurel wreath around, surrounded by 14 crowned shields, below, a cartouche with the value punched in; reverse: a stallion springs left over a mining scene, above, a hand from a cloud offers a laurel wreath. Variety without a bulge in the "C" of the monogram. Extremely rare, handsome patina, choice very fine.)"

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. Ernst August's son George inherited Calenberg and Hannover in 1698, Celle in 1705 and the throne of Great Britain in 1714. This enormous coin was accompanied by an eight thaler (Dav-LS184), five thaler (Dav-LS186), quadruple thaler (Dav-LS187), triple thaler (Dav-LS188), double thaler (Dav-LS189) and 1½ thaler (Dav-LS190).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 172,13 g.

Catalog reference: KM 259; Dav-LS185, Welter 1493; Duve 12 A I; Müseler 10.4.1/65; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 152; Kluge (Slg. Preussag) 14.1.

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., 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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