Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1624-HS thaler Dav-6306
This specimen was lot 1102 in Sincona sale 22 (Zürich, May 2015), where it sold for 220 CHF (about US$276 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Herzogtum, Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634 Taler 1624. Clausthal. Sehr schön. (Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Frederick Ulrich (1613-34), thaler of 1624, Clausthal mint, very fine.)"
It was issued 1622-29 and is common. The very similar Dav-6303 was struck at Goslar and Zellerfeld while this one was struck only at Clausthal. The "wild man" design was popular in Brunswick and Hannover at the time and appeared on many different thalers and minors.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.62 g.
Catalog reference: Welter 1057B; Dav-6306.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Collection Fumatori, Auction 22, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015.
Link to:
- 1623 thaler, St. Stephen reverse
- 1623-HS thaler, wild man, Christian, bishop of Halberstadt
- Brunswick-Dannenberg 1624 thaler Dav-6425
- 1624-HS quarter thaler, wild man reverse
- 1624-HL half thaler, wild man reverse
- 1624-HL thaler, wild man reverse
- 1624-HS triple thaler
- 1624-HS 10 thaler, duke on horseback
- 1625-HL thaler, wild man reverse
- 1625-HL thaler, wild man reverse, beaded inner border
- 1625-HS 1½ thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1624
- return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel