Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1764-IDB 2/3 thaler

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Künker sale 386, lot 5083

This specimen was lot 5083 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €120 (about US$155 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl I. 1735-1780. 2/3 Taler 1764, Braunschweig. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles I, 1735-80, two-third thaler of 1764, Brunswick mint. Fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

This was the first two-thirds thaler struck since 1740. It was made 1764-75 and 1779 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.03 g, the weight of half a convention thaler.

Catalog reference: KM 973.1, Welter 2733.

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., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [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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