Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1748-IBH thaler Dav-2145
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This specimen was lot 3606 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €410 (about US$581 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Karl I., 1735-1780. Reichstaler 1748, Zellerfeld. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, 1735-80, thaler of 1748, Zellerfeld mint. Fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"
We note the following thalers for 1748:
- KM 883/Dav-2145: wild man reverse, struck 1735-50, 1755, 1758-63 and 1775, shown here;
- KM 884/Dav-2146: leaping stallion reverse;
- KM 920/Dav-2163: "Goodness of the Lord" mine;
- KM 921/Dav-2156: "White Swan" mine;
- KM 922.2/Dav-2159;
- KM 923.1/Dav-2161: Lautenthal's Luck mine;
- KM 924/Dav-2165: Rainbow mine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM Dav-2145; Welter 2719.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
Links:
- 1745-IBH thaler, White Swan mine
- 1745-IBH thaler, Lautenthal's Luck mine
- 1746-IBH thaler, wild man reverse
- 1746-IBH thaler, Rainbow mine
- 1747-EK thaler
- 1747-IBH thaler, "Goodness of the Lord" mine
- 1748-IBH 4 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1748-IBH 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1748-EK quarter "Albertus" thaler
- 1748-IBH 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1748-IBH thaler, leaping stallion reverse
- 1748-IBH thaler, Rainbow mine
- 1748-EK 10 thaler
- 1750-IBH thaler, wild man reverse
- Coins and currency dated 1748