Hannover 1700-HB thaler Dav-6654
This specimen was lot 20954 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $561.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover. Georg Ludwig Taler 1700HB, choice toned AU-UNC, blemish free surfaces and superb eye appeal. Popular type with a prancing horse on the obverse." This type was struck 1698-1700. The Brunswick coinages are among the most complicated series of German states issues outside of Saxony. The SCWC lists coins for Brunswick-Blankenburg, Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Hannover was the most important and eventually absorbed the others before itself being annexed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6654, KM 19.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
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