Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1703-RB thaler Dav-2112
This specimen was lot 55492 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1703-RB. Zellerfeld or Goslar Mint. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. Extremely Fine Details -- Scratched, Edges Filed. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Includes ticket from Kuenker." Rudolf August was the older brother and inherited the title on the death of August II in 1666. Interested in art and hunting, he delegated affairs of state to his brother Anton Ulrich, a situation he formalized in 1685 by making him co-ruler. Two different thalers were struck in 1703: KM A577/Dav-2111 struck 1701-03, fairly common; and KM A637/Dav-2112, shown here, struck 1701-04, common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2112; KM-A637; Welter-2070.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1701-RB "unity" thaler
- 1702 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1702 Luftpumpentaler
- 1703 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1703 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1704 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1704 24 mariengroschen, three stars mintmark
- 1704-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1704-HCH thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Brunswick mint
- 1704-RB thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Zellerfeld mint
- 1704-RB thaler, wild man reverse, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA", Anton Ulrich
- 1704 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- Coins and currency dated 1703