Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1683-RB thaler Dav-6379

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30170

This specimen was lot 30170 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1683-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August. PCGS AU-58. This impressive crown offers a rather bold strike with well defined features throughout, all while an elegant cabinet tone envelops the wholesome surfaces. As the piece is cradled back and forth in one's hand, a bit of minty brilliance is revealed, captivating the gaze and attention of the viewer that much more. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This is another in the long series of "wild man" thalers struck in Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This one is recorded for 1667-83 and is slightly scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-502, Dav-6379; Welter-1840.

Source:

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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