Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1661-HS thaler Dav-6341

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Künker sale 386, lot 5042

This specimen was lot 5042 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €600 (about US$775 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1661, Zellerfeld. Hausknechtstaler. Hübsche Patina, winz. Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Der Begriff "Hausknechtstaler" ist eine Spottbezeichnung für die Prägungen, auf denen der wilde Mann die Tanne quer vor sich hält, wie einen Besen, mit dem er fegen möchte. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1661, Zellerfled mint, the so-called "houseboy" thaler. Handsome patina, slightly weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1653-65. It is not rare but the striking nickname (the wild man appears to be using his uprooted tree to sweep the floor) has made it popular. A rare half thaler (KM 468) also used this design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 28,82 g.

Catalog reference: KM 442.1, Dav-6341; Welter 822.

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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