Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1700-RB thaler Dav-6395

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Künker sale 354, lot 5501

This specimen was lot 5501 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. Reichstaler 1700, Goslar oder Zellerfeld. Eintrachtstaler. Prachtvolle Patina, vorzüglich +. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Virgil M. Brand, Teil 1, Auktion Leu 46, Zürich 1988, Nr. 881. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, "unity" thaler of 1700, Goslar or Zellerfeld mint. Outstanding patina, extremely fine or better.)"

This type was struck 1688-1703 in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and is among the more common thalers of the period. Confusingly, the post-1700 issues are catalogued as Dav-2111.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,20 g.

Catalog reference: KM 577, Dav-6395; Welter 2066.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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