Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1617 3 thaler Dav-LS38
This specimen was lot 467 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,100 (about US$4,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. Löser zu 3 Reichstalern 1617, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. Mit Wertpunze. Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 24. RR Etwas rau, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, triple thaler of 1617, Goslar or Zellerfeld mint, with denomination punch. Rare, somewhat rough, very fine.)"
This immense coin was accompanied by a quadruple thaler (Dav-LS37).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 86,24 g.
Catalog reference: Duve 3 II; Welter 1012, Dav-LS38; KM 72.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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- 1612 triple thaler
- 1614 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1615 1/24 thaler
- 1616 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
- 1617 "wild man" half thaler
- 1617 quadruple thaler
- 1617 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1618 triple thaler, the duke on horseback with hat
- 1618 triple thaler, the duke on horseback without hat
- Coins and currency dated 1617
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