Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1709-RB thaler Dav-2116
This specimen was lot 73501 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1709-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Anton Ulrich. PCGS EF-45. This piece presents deep magenta-gray surfaces and a problem-free state of preservation. A decent strike, though with a few isolated areas of softness, and light wear. Attractive. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This is another in the long series of "wild man" thalers struck in Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This one is recorded for 1705-11 and is somewhat scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2116; KM-686.1; Welter-2303.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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