Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1828-CvC 10 thaler Fr-742
This specimen was lot 2395 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,953 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Karl II., 1815-1830. Selbständige Regierung, 1823-1830. 10 Taler 1828 CvC. GOLD. Fast vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles II, 1815-30, ten thalers of 1828. about extremely fine.)"
This type was issued in small quantities 1827-29 along with a gold 2½ (KM 1117) and five thaler (KM 1110). Proofs exist of the 1829. Karl II was overthrown in 1830 but survived in exile until 1873. The last ten thaler was struck in 1857.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, 29 mm diameter, this specimen 13,27 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1115, Divo/S. 60; Fr-742; Schl. 204.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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