Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1598 thaler Dav-9085
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This specimen was lot 746 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. Reichstaler 1598, Andreasberg. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, thaler of 1598, Andreasberg mint, for the mines of St. Andreas. Scarce, nice toning, very fine.)"
This mining thaler is listed for 1597-99.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB-292, Dav-9085; Müseler 10.2/10; Welter 638.
- 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 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
Link to:
- (15)97 thaler, for the St. Andrew mine
- 1597 "truth" thaler, "VERITAS VINCIT OMNIA/CALVMNIA MENDACTVM"
- 1598 "wild man" half thaler
- 1598 "truth" thaler
- 1598 "truth" thaler, "VERITAS VINCIT OMNIA/CALVMNIA MENDACTVM"
- 1599 quarter thaler, "wild man" obverse
- (15)99 "wasp" thaler
- (15)99 "pelican" thaler
- (1599) "pelican" thaler
- 1599 "unity" thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1598
- return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel