Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1643 1/2 thaler KM-417

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Künker sale 354, lot 5465

This specimen was lot 5465 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. 1/2 Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. 6. Glockenhalbtaler. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Schweizerischer Bankverein 26, Basel 1991, Nr. 280 und der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 127, Osnabrück 2007, Nr. 3275. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, half thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint, sixth bell half thaler. Scarce in this quality, attractive example with fine patina, extremely fine.)"

In addition to the well known series of "bell" thalers, the duke also issued a series of "bell" half thalers and quarter thalers. The sixth bell half thaler is shown here. All were struck to celebrate the departure of imperial troops from his domain during the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14,51 g.

Catalog reference: KM-417, Welter 830.

Source:

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