Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1783-K thaler Dav-2172

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Künker sale 386, lot 5086

This specimen was lot 5086 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806. Konv.-Taler 1783, Braunschweig. R Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Das Stück wird, wohl aufgrund seiner Seltenheit, als Probeprägung angesehen. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles William Ferdinand, 1780-1806, convention thaler of 1783, Brunswick mint. Rare, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated. This date is so rare as to be regarded as a pattern.)"

The style of the bust is that of the post-Napoleonic period.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27.92 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1018, Dav-2172; Welter 2901.

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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