Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (15)41 thaler Dav-9043

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Künker Auction 426, lot 3471

This specimen was lot 3471 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €290 (about US$411 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Heinrich der Jüngere, 1514-1568. Taler 1541, Riechenberg. Min. Fassungsspuren, fast sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry the Younger, 1514-68, thaler of 1541, Riechenberg mint. Traces of a mount, about very fine.)"

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

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,59 g.

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

Sources:

  • 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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