Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1626-HS thaler Dav-6299
This specimen was lot 5434 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. Reichstaler 1626, Zellerfeld, auf den Tod seiner Mutter Elisabeth am 19. Juli; Hübsch Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Johann Max Böttcher, Auktion Möller 47, Kassel 2007, Nr. 231. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, thaler of 1626, Zellerfeld mint, on the death of the duke's mother on July 19. Handsome patina, extremely fine.)
Elisabeth, *25.4.1573 in Koldinghaus, war die Tochter König Friedrichs II. von Dänemark. Sie vermählte sich 1590 mit Herzog Heinrich Julius. Elisabeth starb am 19. Juli 1626 in Braunschweig. (Elisabeth, born April 25, 1573 in Koldinghaus, was the daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. She married Duke Heinrich Julius in 1590. Elisabeth died on July 19, 1626 in Braunschweig.)"
This commemorative was accompanied by an eighth thaler (KM 362), quarter thaler (KM 363) and a half thaler (KM 364). This specimen incorrectly states her death to have occurred on June 19; a variety exists (Dav-6300) with the date corrected to July 19.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 365, Dav-6299; Welter 1151.
- 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1625 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1625-HS 1½ thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
- 1625-HS double thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
- 1625-HS triple thaler, for the St. Jacob's mine
- 1626-HS ⅛ thaler, on the death of the duke's mother
- 1626-HS quarter thaler, wild man reverse
- 1626-HS half thaler, wild man reverse
- 1626-HS thaler, wild man reverse, beaded inner border
- Halberstadt 1626-HS thaler Dav-6327, on the death of the bishop
- 1627 thaler, wild man reverse
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