Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1615 1/24 thaler
This specimen was lot 5429 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €460 (about US$640 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. 1/24 Taler 1615, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Erich Reichardt, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 49, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 1461. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, 1/24 thaler of 1615, Goslar or Zellerfeld mints. Scarce, especially in this quality. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The issues of this denomination run to many varieties (KM 4, 40, 67, 68, 69, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, A109, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 336, 337, 388, 553, 591, 609, 610) but this one was issued 1613-15. It is scarcer than most. The denomination is marked as the "24" in the orb supported by the wild man. Most are not photographed in the SCWC so attribution can be difficult.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 1.80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 40, Welter 1121.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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