Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1686-RB thaler Dav-6393
This specimen was lot 3570 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €725 (about US$1,027 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. Reichstaler 1686, Zellerfeld. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anthony Ulrich, 1685-1704, thaler of 1686, Zellerfeld mint. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1686-87 and is fairly common. This specimen is a product of the Zellerfeld mint; RB are the initials of mintmaster Rudolf Bornemann. The "wild man" design was popular in Brunswick and Hannover at the time and appeared on many different thalers and minors.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 29,21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 572.1, Dav-6393; Welter 2068.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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