Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1635-HS thaler Dav-6307

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Kunker sale 293, lot 475

This specimen was lot 475 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €300 (about US$404 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634. Reichstaler 1635, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. Posthume Prägung. RR Kl. Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Frederick Ulrich, 1613-34, thaler of 1635, Goslar or Zellerfeld mint, posthumous issue. Rare, slightly weak strike, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1627-35 and is common. It has a beaded inner border around the wild man. HS are the initials of mintmaster Henning Schluter. Duke Friedrich Ulrich ruled 1613-34.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Welter 1057 A, Dav-6307; KM 52.5.

Source:

  • 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 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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