Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1639-HS thaler Dav-6346
This specimen was lot 5445 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,644 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1639, Zellerfeld. RR Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 21, Osnabrück 1992, Nr. 2856. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1639, Zellerfeld mint. Very rare, superb patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1638-39. The obverse legend states, "AUGUSTUS HERZOG ZU BRAUNS UND LUNE·". The succeeding Dav-6347 has the obverse legend ending "BRAUNS UND LU" and the date and mintmaster's initials have moved on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.70 g.
Catalog reference: KM 398.1, Dav-6346; Welter 796.
- 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.
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