Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1855-B thaler Dav-634
This specimen was lot 5105 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €750 (about US$969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Taler 1855, B. Seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, William I, 1831-84, thaler of 1855. Rare date, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel struck thalers to the Prussian standard (22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver) until 1855, then vereinsthalers thereafter. The type was struck in small numbers 1853-55. Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel joined the German Empire in 1871 and the duke died in 1884 without an heir due to a succession dispute. No coinage was struck for the state until 1915, when the claimant's son married the daughter of Wilhelm II.
Recorded mintage: 10,240.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen is 22.24 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1146, AKS 80; Dav-634; Kahnt 154; Thun 121.
- 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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