Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1604 thaler Dav-6293

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Künker sale 386, lot 5023

This specimen was lot 5023 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €650 (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. Reichstaler 1604, Andreasberg. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Feine Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 20, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 1999. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, thaler of 1604, Andreasberg mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Fine patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This mining thaler of 1604-05 shows St. Andrew with his cross. It is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 28,99 g.

Catalog reference: KM 12.3, Dav-6293; Müseler 10.2/24; Welter 643.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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