Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1717-HH thaler Dav-2128

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Künker sale 386, lot 5056

This specimen was lot 5056 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,843 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. Reichstaler 1717, Braunschweig, auf die 200-Jahrfeier der Reformation. RR Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 21, Osnabrück 1992, Nr. 2976. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, thaler of 1717, Brunswick mint, bicentennial of the Reformation. Very rare, hansome patina, extremely fine.)"

This is a rare commemorative. Other thalers for 1717 include Dav-2126 (wild man) and Dav-2127 (leaping stallion).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 769, Dav-2128; Welter 2373; Slg. Whiting 161; Slg. Opitz 2480.

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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