Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1866-B thaler Dav-636

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22357

This specimen was lot 22357 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $399.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1866-B. NGC MS-63. Medium golden orange toning over very lustrous metal. Only a handful of contact marks keeping this from a gem grade." This type of 1858-59 and 1865-71 is the most available thaler from this state in the nineteenth century, whose coinage had virtually ceased when this issue appeared.

Recorded mintage: 107,000.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, .536 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-1152, Dav-636.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1856-B double thaler
• 1858-B thaler
• Bavaria 1867 thaler Dav-611
• 1871-B thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1866
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel