Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1616 thaler Dav-6305

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Künker sale 386, lot 5025

This specimen was lot 5025 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. Reichstaler 1616, Andreasberg. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, thaler of 1616, Andreasberg mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

This type, struck 1616 only, is scarce. It is not the first mining thaler from this state but it is an early one.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 28,41 g.

Catalog reference: KM 60, Dav-6305; Müseler 10.2/46; Welter 1044.

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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