Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1731-C thaler Dav-2138
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This specimen was lot 567 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €320 (about US$431 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Ludwig Rudolf, 1731-1735, seit 1714 in Blankenburg. Reichstaler 1731, Zellerfeld. R Min. poröser Schrötling, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Louis Rudolf, 1731-35, thaler of 1731, Zellerfeld mint. Scarce, a few spots of corrosion, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1731-34 during the short reign of duke Ludwig Rudolf. It is fairly scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2138; KM-818, Welter 2463.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
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- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel