Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1656 thaler Dav-6352

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Künker sale 386, lot 5041

This specimen was lot 5041 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €700 (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1656, Zellerfeld. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön +. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1656, Zellerfeld mint. Very rare, fine patina, choice very fine.)"

This one year type is somewhat scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 28.83 g.

Catalog reference: KM 455, Dav-6352; Welter 800.

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., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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