Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-LW thaler Dav-6521
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This specimen was lot 41446 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg & Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1665. Clausthal Mint. Christian Ludwig. NGC MS-61. From the Augustana Collection." This type was struck for Christian Ludwig 1649-65 and is fairly common. The duke died in 1665 and a series of commemoratives was issued to mark the occasion. 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.
Catalog reference: Dav-6521; KM-211.
- 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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