Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1607 thaler Dav-6290

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Künker sale 354, lot 5423

This specimen was lot 5423 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,044 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. Reichstaler 1607, Andreasberg. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Preussag Collection, Part II, Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 2, London 2016, Nr. 1065 var. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 75, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 1507. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, thaler of 1607, Andreasberg mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Very fine.)"

The duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel issued dozens of different thalers in the seventeenth century, many featuring the mythical "wild man" of the forest. This mining thaler of 1601-11 shows St. Andrew with his cross. It is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,84 g.

Catalog reference: KM 12.1, Dav-6290; Müseler 10.2/33 a var.; Welter 643.

Source:

  • 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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