Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1647-HS thaler Dav-6338
This specimen was lot 3546 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €310 (about US$439 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1647, Zellerfeld. Feine Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1647, Zellerfeld mint. Fine patina, very fine or better.)"
This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare. For some reason, some examples lack the "HS" initials found on this issue. The photo in the SCWC shows Dav-6347, not this coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,63 g.
Catalog reference: KM 393.2, Dav-6338; Welter 819.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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