Hannover 1720-HCB thaler Dav-2081

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Künker sale 386, lot 5193

This specimen was lot 5193 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,163 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, als Georg I. König von Großbritannien, 1714-1727. Reichstaler 1720, Clausthal. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 52, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 4923. (electorate of Hannover, George I, king of Great Britain, 1714-27, thaler of 1720, Clausthal mint. Very scarce in this quality, outstanding example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1719-27 and is a somewhat better type. Other thalers for 1720 include KM 113.2 (leaping stallion), KM 114 (wild man), KM 133.2 (St. Andrew) and KM 134 (wild man, Dav-2077).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.02 g.

Catalog reference: KM 101.3, Dav-2081; Welter 2229; Smith 27.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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