Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1643 thaler Dav-6363

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Künker sale 354, lot 5447

This specimen was lot 5447 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. 1. Glockentaler. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 107, Berlin 2006, Nr. 700. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint, first bell thaler. Attractive example with fine patina, about extremely fine.)

Anläßlich der Befreiung der Festung Wolfenbüttel von der kaiserlichen Besatzung am 13. November 1643 ließ Herzog August der Jüngere eine Serie von Talern prägen, die auf der Rückseite eine Glocke zeigen, welche die Befreiungsbotschaft verkündet. (On the occasion of the liberation of the fortress of Wolfenbüttel from imperial occupation on November 13, 1643, Duke August the Younger had a series of thalers minted, which show a bell on the back, which proclaims the message of liberation.)"

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

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,98 g.

Catalog reference: KM 418.1, Dav-6363; Welter 806.

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, 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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