Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1620 6 thaler Dav-LS44

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Künker sale 406, lot 4147

This specimen was lot 4147 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €8,500 (about US$11,153 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. Löser zu 6 Reichstalern 1620, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. Mit Wertpunze; Münzmeister Hans Laffers. Der geharnischte Herzog reitet r. mit hohem Hut, Kommandostab und umgelegtem, wehenden Mantel//Fünffach behelmtes, 11feldiges Wappen, zu den Seiten je ein wilder Mann mit Baumstamm, unten Kartusche mit eingepunzter Wertzahl. Von großer Seltenheit. Henkelspur, kl. Kratzer, Gravur ".A.H.S." auf dem Rand, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 343, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 1484 und der Preussag Collection, Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1, London 2015, Nr. 26. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, sextuple thaler of 1620, Goslar or Zellerfeld mint, with hallmark. Obverse: the armored, mantled, hatted and mounted duke charges right with baton; reverse: five helmeted, manifold arms supported by wild men with tree trunks, below, a cartouche with the value stamped in. Extremely rare, mount mark, hairlines, ".A.H.S." engraved on the edge, very fine.)"

The dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel specialized in the production of these enormous multiple thalers. These dies were also used to make quadruple thalers (KM 227) and quintuple thalers (KM 227), the denomination being punched in each specimen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 170.9 g, silver, 85 mm diameter, this specimen 173,85 g.

Catalog reference: KM 228; Welter 1014; Dav-LS44; Duve 6; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 26 (this example).

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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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