Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1706-HCH 2/3 thaler
This specimen was part of lot 5054 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), which sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Anton Ulrich, 1704-1714. 2/3 Taler 1706, Braunschweig. Dazu: August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. 24 Mariengroschen 1715, Zellerfeld. 2 Stück., Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand (1x), sehr schön-vorzüglich und vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Anton Ulrich, 1704-14, two-thirds thaler of 1706, Brunswick mint. Included is a 24 mariengroschen of 1715. Two pieces, one has an edge defect, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This gulden was struck 1700 and 1704-11 and has a slightly above average catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 17.53 g, the weight of 3/5 thaler.
Catalog reference: KM 636, Dav-340; Welter 2307.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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