Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1748-EK M 10 thaler Fr-713

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Künker Auction 425, lot 1497

This specimen was lot 1497 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,832 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Karl I., 1735-1780. 10 Taler 1748, Braunschweig. GOLD. Seltener Jahrgang. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, 1735-80, ten thaler of 1748, Brunswick mint. Rare date, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1742-50, 1753, 1756-64 but all dates are rare. It was accompanied by a similar five thaler (KM 915) and 2½ thaler (KM 913). The duke issued much silver but little gold. The ten thaler matched the Prussian doppelter friedrichs d'or.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 13,26 g.

Catalog reference: KM 917, Fr-713; Welter 2692.

Sources:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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