Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1730-IHT thaler Dav-2130

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Künker sale 354, lot 5530

This specimen was lot 5530 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. Reichstaler 1730, Braunschweig, auf die 200-Jahrfeier der Übergabe der Augsburger Konfession. RR Feine Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 29, Osnabrück 1995, Nr. 3623. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, thaler of 1730, Brunswick mint, on the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession. Very rare, fine patina, extremely fine.)"

The Augsburg Confession is the basic doctrine of Lutheranism.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,09 g.

Catalog reference: KM 798, Dav-2130; Slg. Whiting 381; Welter 2375; Doerk/Hölscher 2814.

Source:

  • 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, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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