Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1696-RB thaler Dav-6389
This specimen was lot 30174 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1696-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. PCGS AU-58. A rather pleasing and wholesome example, this wildman Taler resides at the precipice of Mint State status, yielding an alluring cabinet tone, overall strong detail, and some glistening hints of brilliance in the protected areas. Undeniably a great representative of the emission. 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 1691-99 and is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-593, Dav-6389; Welter-2069.
- 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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