Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1737-IAB thaler Dav-2145

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Künker sale 386, lot 5068

This specimen was lot 5068 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl I. 1735-1780. Reichstaler 1737, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles I, 1735-80, thaler of 1737. Handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"

This thaler was struck 1735-50, 1755, 1758-53 and 1775 and is quite scarce but is more available than the accompanying thaler with the leaping stallion reverse (Dav-2146).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.11 g.

Catalog reference: KM 883, Dav-2145; Welter 2719.

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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