Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (15)40 thaler Dav-9043

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Künker sale 386, lot 5008

This specimen was lot 5008 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich der Jüngere, 1514-1568. Taler 1540, Riechenberg. Feine Patina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 267, Frankfurt/Main 1967, Nr. 159. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry the Younger, 1514-68, thaler of 1540, Reichenberg mint. Fine patina, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1539-45. It is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.79 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB52, Dav-9043; Welter 389.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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