Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1666 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 5475 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. 1/2 Reichstaler 1666, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod am 17. September. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 27, Osnabrück 1994, Nr. 2528. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, half thaler of 1666, Zellerfeld mint, on his death on September 17. Extremely fine.)"
This commemorative was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 475) and thaler (Dav-6376).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,34 g.
Catalog reference: KM 476, Welter 834.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1666 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1666 ⅛ thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1666 quarter thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1666-HS thaler, August II, wild man reverse
- 1666-HS "fame" thaler
- 1666-HS thaler, wild man reverse
- 1666 thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1666-HS thaler, Rudolf August, wild man reverse
- 1666-HS 1½ thaler, on the duke's 88th birthday
- 1666 double thaler, on the duke's birthday
- 1666 quadruple thaler, on the duke's birthday
- 1666 5 thaler, on the duke's 88th birthday
- 1666-HS 6 thaler, on the duke's 88th birthday
- 1666 6 thaler, on the death of August the Younger
- Coins and currency dated 1666