Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1715-HH 2/3 thaler
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 3593 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €155 (about US$220 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. 2/3 Taler 1715, Zellerfeld.RR Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, two-thirds thaler of 1715, Zellerfeld mint. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1714-16 and is somewhat scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13 g, silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 13,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 735, Dav-347; Welter 2381.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
Links:
- 1715-HH eighth thaler, wild man reverse
- 1715-HH 4 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1715-HH 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1715-HH quarter thaler, wild man reverse
- 1715-HH 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- Hannover 1715-HCB 2/3 thaler, leaping stallion reverse
- 1715-HH thaler, wild man reverse
- 1716-HH ⅔ thaler, monogram obverse, leaping stallion reverse
- Brunswick-Blankenburg 1716-HCH thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1716-HH thaler, wild man reverse
- Coins and currency dated 1715