Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1710) 1-1/2 thaler Dav-2121A

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2123

This specimen was lot 2123 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,576 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Anton Ulrich, 1704-1714. 1 1/2facher Reichstaler o. J. (1710), Zellerfeld, auf seinen Übertritt zur katholischen Kirche. ANTONIUS ULRIC : - D : G : DUX Ü BR : ET LUNEB : Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//SEMPER IDEM Fels im Meer, im Abschnitt: CONSTANTER. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 180, Berlin 2011, Nr. 113; der Sammlung Friedrich Popken, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 308, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 2133 und der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 361, Osnabrück 2022, Nr. 186. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Anthony Ulrich, 1704-14, undated 1½ thaler, circa 1710, Zellerfeld mint, on his conversion to Catholicism. Obverse: armored and draped bust right; reverse: rock in sea, motto around. Extremely rare, fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

This commemorative was struck using the dies from a thaler (KM 706/Dav-2121). The double thaler struck on this occasion (KM 708) used a different design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 43.5 g, silver, this specimen 43,66 g.

Catalog reference: KM 707, Dav-2121A; Welter Nachtrag 2298 B.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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