Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1679 3 thaler Dav-LS104

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Künker sale 400, lot 16

This specimen was lot 16 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €95,000 (about US$123,244 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Löser zu 3 Reichstalern 1679, Zellerfeld. Mit Wertpunze; Münzmeister Rudolf Bornemann. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel//Die Stadtansichten von Braunschweig und Wolfenbüttel übereinander, oben eine Galeere auf See unter dem strahlenden Namen Jehovas, unten die geteilte Jahreszahl · 16 - 79 ·, dazwischen die eingepunzte Wertzahl. Von größter Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar mit ausdrucksvoller Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Hess/Leu 18, Luzern 1961, Nr. 55, der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 343, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 1491 und der Preussag Collection, Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1, London 2015, Nr. 107. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August, 1666-85, triple thaler of 1679, Zellerfeld mint, with value punched in. Obverse: armored and mantled bust; reverse: the city views of Brunswick and Wolfenbüttel one above the other, above a galley at sea under the radiant name of Jehovah, below the divided date · 16 - 79 ·, in between the punched value. Extremely rare, magnificent specimen with superb patina, extremely fine.)"

Another triple thaler of 1679 has a circle around the duke's bust (KM 532/Dav-LS101).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 83,84 g.

Catalog reference: KM 533; Dav-LS104; Duve 1 II; Welter Nachtrag 1832 (this coin); Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 107 (this coin).

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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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