Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1716-HH 2/3 thaler KM-757

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Künker sale 386, lot 5055

This specimen was lot 5055 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €280 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. 2/3 Taler 1716, Zellerfeld. Feine Patina, winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 62, München 1969, Nr. 735. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, two-thirds thaler of 1716, Zellerfeld mint. Fine patina, minor scratches, extremely fine.)"

This "leaping stallion" gulden was struck 1716-30 and has an average catalog value. Another "leaping stallion" gulden (KM 735), with an arms obverse, was struck in 1716.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 13.07 g, the weight of 4/9 thaler.

Catalog reference: KM 757, Dav-347; Welter 2381.

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., 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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