Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1643 1/2 thaler KM-415

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Kunker sale 293, lot 497

This specimen was lot 497 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €340 (about US$458 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. 1/2 Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. 4. Glockenhalbtaler. R Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, fourth bell half thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Scarce, handsome patina, edge defect, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The year 1643 saw the issue of nine different "bell" thalers (Dav-6363, -6364, -6366, -6366A, -6366B, -6371, -6373,-6374, -6375, -6369) in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, as well as more conventional thalers (Dav-6338, -6347, -6370, -6372).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Welter 828; KM 415.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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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