Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-LW 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 354, lot 5614

This specimen was lot 5614 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,670 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Christian Ludwig, 1648-1665. 1/2 Reichstaler 1665, Clausthal, auf seinen Tod am 15. März. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich +. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 288, Frankfurt/Main 1975, Nr. 1301. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, Christian Louis, 1648-65, half thaler of 1665, Clausthal mint, on the duke's death on March 15. Very rare in this quality, very attractive example with handsome patina, extremely fine or better.)"

On the death of Christian Ludwig in 1665, a series of commemoratives was struck, including a 1/24 thaler (KM 264), one eighth thaler (KM 265), one quarter thaler (KM 266), one half thaler (KM 267, shown here) and single thaler (KM 268). This half thaler also comes with initials "HS". His successor, Georg Wilhelm, was the last duke of the line. The duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle then passed to Hannover in 1705.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14,37 g.

Catalog reference: KM 267, Welter 1517.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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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