Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1693-RB thaler Dav-6396A
This specimen was lot 2121 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,682 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. Reichstaler 1693, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der westfälischen Privatsammlung „Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen", Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 394, Osnabrück 2023, Nr. 4922. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf Augustus and Anthony Ulrich, 1685-1704, thaler of 1693, Goslar or Zellerfled mints. Very rare, attractive example with fine patina, extremely fine.)"
The SCWC notes three different thalers from this state in 1693: KM 577/Dav-6395, KM 593/Dav-6389 and KM 602.1/Dav-6396 (shown here). This type was struck 1692-93 and is very scarce, verging on rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 602.1, Dav-6396A; Welter 2067.
- 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 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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