Hannover 1726-EPH thaler Dav-2076

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41360

This specimen was lot 41360 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. Taler, 1726-EPH. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg Ludwig (George I of Great Britain). PCGS AU-53. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1716-27 and is common. It shares the wild man reverse with Dav-2077 but has different arms on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2076; KM-114; Welter-2236.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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