Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1801-MC 5 thaler Fr-726

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Künker sale 352, lot 1862

This specimen was lot 1862 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,322 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806. 5 Taler 1801, MC. GOLD. Kl. Kratzer, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles William Ferdinand, 1780-1806, five thalers of 1801. Minor scratches, very fine.)"

This type was issued in small quantities 1785-1806 along with a gold 2½ (KM 1032) and ten thaler (KM 1041). The last five thaler was struck in 1857.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.65 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 6.60 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1025, Divo/S. 44; Fr-726; Schl. 160.2.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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