Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1795-MC thaler Dav-2173
This specimen was lot 3612 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$205 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806. Konv.-Taler (Speciestaler) 1795, Braunschweig. Min. justiert, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles William Ferdinand, 1780-1806, convention thaler of 1795, Brunswick mint. Minor adjustment marks, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1787-96. It is probably the most available thaler from this locale for the eighteenth century. It was also struck in 1801 but that year is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 38.5 mm diameter, this specimen 27,83 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1030, Dav-2173; Welter 2903.
- 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.
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