Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1576 thaler Dav-9060
This specimen was lot 5409 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Julius, 1568-1589. Reichstaler 1576, Goslar. Lichttaler. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Button 110, Frankfurt/Main 1964, Nr. 1304. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Julius, 1568-89, thaler of 1576, Goslar mint, "light" thaler. Attractive example with fine patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1570-76. The "light" refers to the candle in the wild man's hand, not the coin's weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB138, Dav-9060; Welter 576.
- 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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