Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1850-CvC thaler Dav-632
This specimen was lot 2124 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,124 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Taler 1850 CvC. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, William, 1831-84. Very scarce date, handsome patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This is a scarce date of a fairly common type struck 1839-42, 1848 and 1850 to the Prussian standard (22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, fourteen pieces to the mark). Issues after 1855 were vereinsthalers.
Recorded mintage: 5,671.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 22,25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1131, AKS 78; Dav-632; Kahnt 152; Thun 117.
- 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 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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