Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1602 thaler Dav-6296
This specimen was lot 5422 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. Reichstaler 1602, Zellerfeld, auf den Tod seiner Mutter Hedwig von Brandenburg am 21. Oktober. R Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 25, Osnabrück 1993, Nr. 1869. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, thaler of 1602, Zellerfeld mint, on the death of the duke's mother on October 21. Rare, very attractive example with fine patina, extremely fine.)
Hedwig, *1. März 1540, war die Tochter des Kurfürsten Joachim II. von Brandenburg und dessen Gemahlin Hedwig, Tochter des Königs Sigismund von Polen. Die Vermählung mit Julius von Wolfenbüttel fand am 25. Februar 1560 in Berlin statt. Hedwig starb am 21. Oktober 1602 auf Schloß Hessen bei Braunschweig und wurde am 19. November in Wolfenbüttel beigesetzt. (Hedwig, born 1 March 1540, was the daughter of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg and his wife Hedwig, daughter of King Sigismund of Poland. The marriage with Julius von Wolfenbüttel took place on February 25, 1560 in Berlin. Hedwig died on October 21, 1602 in Hesse Castle near Braunschweig and was buried on November 19 in Wolfenbüttel.)"
The duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel issued dozens of different thalers in the seventeenth century, many featuring the mythical "wild man" of the forest. Many are common but this commemorative is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,31 g.
Catalog reference: KM 18, Dav-6296; Welter 676.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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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