Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1705 1-1/2 thaler Dav-2932
This specimen was lot 5519 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,845 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Anton Ulrich, 1704-1714. 1 1/2facher Reichstaler 1705, Zellerfeld, auf den Besuch des Herzogs in der Zellerfelder Münze. RR Prachtexemplar mit feiner Patina. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 46, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 3437. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Anton Ulrich, 1704-14, 1½ thaler of 1705, Zellerfeld mint, on the visit of the duke to the mint. Very rare, choice example with fine patina, extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 39,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 689, Brockmann 225; Dav-Nachtrag 2932; Müseler 10.3/6; Welter Nachtrag 2298 C; Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 247.
- 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]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.
Link to:
- 1704 2 pfennig, death of the duke
- 1704 groschen
- 1704 1/24 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704-HCH 2 mariengroschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704-HCH 2 gute groschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 ⅛ thaler, death of the duke
- 1704 quarter thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 half thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
- 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 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704 ducat, death of the duke's wife
- 1705 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1705 24 mariengroschen, wild man obverse
- 1705 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA"
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1706-HCH ⅔ thaler, leaping stallion
- 1706-HCH thaler, bust obverse
- (1710) 1½ thaler, on the duke's conversion to Catholicism
- Coins and currency dated 1705