Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1636-HS thaler Dav-6335

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41261

This specimen was lot 41261 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1636-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. August "the Younger". PCGS AU-50. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This one year type accompanied other similar "wild man" thalers in 1636, Dav-6336 and Dav-6337, with variations in the spelling of the duke's titles. The Dav-6337 is the most available.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6335; KM-392.1; Welter-817.

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 Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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