Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1838-CvC thaler Dav-632
This specimen was lot 5102 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,422 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Taler 1838, CvC. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast Stempelglanz. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, William I, 1831-84, thaler of 1838. Very scarce in this quality. About uncirculated.)"
The auctioneers listed this as Dav-631, which has an order chain around the shield of the reverse. This is actually Dav-632, with mantled arms on the reverse. That type is not listed for 1838, so this is probably a pattern. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel struck thalers to the Prussian standard (22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver) until 1855, then vereinsthalers thereafter.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen is 22.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1131, AKS 77; Dav-632; Kahnt 151; Thun 115.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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, 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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