Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1706-HCH thaler Dav-2119

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Künker sale 386, lot 5052

This specimen was lot 5052 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Anton Ulrich, 1704-1714. Reichstaler 1706, Braunschweig. R Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion S. Rosenberg 70, Frankfurt/Main 1931, Nr. 668 und der Slg. Dr. Georg Stalling, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 15, Osnabrück 1990, Nr. 1114. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Anton Ulrich, 1704-14, thaler of 1706, Brunswick mint. Rare, attractive example with handsome toning, extremely fine.)"

This one year type is rather expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.06 g.

Catalog reference: KM 693.1, Dav-2119; Welter 2299.

Source:

  • 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., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • [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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