Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1657 thaler Dav-6353

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Künker sale 406, lot 4156

This specimen was lot 4156 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$984 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1657, Zellerfeld. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1657, Zellerfeld mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1656-61 and 1664 along with Dav-6341 ("houseboy" thaler) and Dav-6343 (wild man). It superseded Dav-6351, with the duke's bust facing left.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.86 g.

Catalog reference: KM 456, Welter 1014; Dav-6353; Welter 801.

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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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