Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1599 thaler Dav-9096
This specimen was lot 30145 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. "Unity" Taler, 1599. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-55. A fairly SCARCE and interesting type, this Taler gets is name from the disturbances and disharmony within the duchy that was quelled through unity. Here, the bundle of arrows represents the unity, with the fact that they are inverted representing the disharmony, and the bearers of the arms representing the support shown in opposition to the strife. Pleasingly toned, with an alluring cabinet nature and some glistening hints of brilliance around the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1599 only with several mintmarks and is rare. The cross of Lorraine mintmark (found at the base of the uprooted tree) refers to Andreas, mintmaster 1570-99. Andreasberg was the only other mint coining for the duke at this time.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB-304, Dav-9096; Welter-632.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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