Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1666 1/4 thaler

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Künker sale 293, lot 532

This specimen was lot 532 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €210 (about US$283 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. 1/4 Reichstaler 1666, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod. Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsriß, sehr schön. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, quarter thaler of 1666, Zellerfeld mint, on this death. Handsome patina, small edge cracks, very fine.)"

This commemorative has a matching eighth thaler (KM 474), half thaler (KM 476) and thaler (Dav-6376). In 1666, the duke issued a long series of commemoratives celebrating his 88th birthday. Later that year, he died, and another series of commemoratives marked that as well. The birthday issues were popular enough that they were restruck several times. The reverse motto, "OMNIA NON NISI PROVIDO ET VEGETO CONSILIO", translates as, "Nothing is provided except by planning."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 475, Welter 841.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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