Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1759-ACB thaler Dav-2150

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Künker sale 293, lot 582

This specimen was lot 582 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €160 (about US$216 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Karl I. 1735-1780. Taler 1759, Braunschweig. Sogenannter "Leichter Taler". Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Charles I, 1735-80, "light" thaler of 1759, Brunswick mint. Very fine.)"

We don't know whether the nickname "light" refers to the design or the weight. It is a one year type but is not rare. A concurrent 8 gute groschen (KM 951) used a very similar design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2150; KM-953, Welter 2721.

Source:

  • [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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