Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1655-HS 3 thaler Dav-LSA70

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Künker sale 400, lot 10

This specimen was lot 10 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,379 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Löser zu 3 Reichstalern 1655, Zellerfeld. Ohne Wertpunze; Münzmeister Henning Schlüter. Der geharnischte Herzog mit Federhut und Kommandostab reitet auf einem nach r. springenden Roß//Fünffach behelmtes, 11feldiges Wappen. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich, Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 17, Stuttgart 2013, Nr. 1547. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, August the Younger, 1635-66, triple thaler of 1655, Zellerfeld mint, without value punched in. Obverse: the armored duke with feathered hat and baton rides right; reverse: five helmeted manifold arms. Extremely rare, fine toning, die breaks, about extremely fine.)"

This rare type was accompanied by a 1½ thaler (Dav-LS71) and a double thaler (Dav-LS70). The SCWC does not mention the "HS" initials.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 86 g, silver, this specimen 87,34 g.

Catalog reference: KM A452; Dav-LSA70; Duve - (see 4); Welter Nachtrag 772 V; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 59.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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