Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1590 thaler Dav-9069
This specimen was lot 3791 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. Reichstaler 1590, Goslar. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich/fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, thaler of 1590, Goslar mint. Attractive example with handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
This is an early "wild man" thaler and shows only one supporting the duke's arms instead of two as later became usual. It was issued 1589-90 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.09 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9069; Welter 634.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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