Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1679-RB thaler Dav-6379
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This specimen was lot 5045 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,163 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Reichstaler 1679, Zellerfeld. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, fast vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf Augustus, 1666-85, thaler of 1679, Zellerfeld mint. Attractive example with fine patina, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1667-83 and is among the more common thalers of this reign.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 29.21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 502; Dav-6379; Welter 1840.
- 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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