Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1664-HS thaler Dav-6341

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Künker Auction 75, lot 1522

This specimen was lot 1522 in Künker Auction 75 (Osnabrück, June 2002), where it sold for €180. The catalog description noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN, BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM, Reichstaler 1664, Zellerfeld. Hausknechtstaler. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, "houseboy" thaler of 1664, Zellerfeld mint. Very fine.)"

This 1664 is a scarce date of a common type struck 1653-65. In fact, we have seen several specimens of Dav-6342 ("AUGUSTUS" on the left) misattributed as this type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 29 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 28,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 444.1, Dav-6341; Welter 822.

Sources:

  • 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.

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