Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (15)54 thaler Dav-9046

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Künker sale 386, lot 5010

This specimen was lot 5010 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,938 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich der Jüngere, 1514-1568. Taler 1554, Riechenberg. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Tietjen + Co. 55, Hamburg 1988, Nr. 527. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry the Younger, 1514-68, thaler of 1554, Riechenberg mint. Scarce, especially in this condition. Fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1548-55. It is rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB69, Dav-9046; Welter 391.

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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