Hannover 1729-CPS thaler Dav-2088
This specimen was lot 688 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €300 (about US$404 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Georg II. 1727-1760. Reichstaler 1729, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. R Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg, George II, 1727-60, thaler of 1729, Clausthal mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Scarce, very fine.)"
"St. Andrew" thalers (Dav-2075) were minted extensively for George I but this is the first "St. Andrew" thaler of George II. It was issued 1727 and 1729 and is scarce. The more common St. Andrew thaler (Dav-2089) of George II has a simplified reverse.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Müseler 10.6.2/8; Welter 2552; Dav-2088, KM 195.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
- 1723 "St. Andrew" thaler
- 1727 half thaler, death of the elector
- 1728 "leaping stallion" gulden
- 1729-CPS "leaping stallion" 1/6 thaler
- 1729-CPS ⅓ thaler, bust obverse
- 1729-CPS ⅓ thaler, "St. Andrew" reverse
- 1729-EPH thaler, British arms obverse/wild man reverse
- 1729-EPH thaler, wild man reverse
- 1729-CPS thaler, bust obverse
- 1730-CPS ⅓ thaler, bust obverse
- 1730-CPS "leaping stallion" thaler
- 1732-CPS "leaping stallion" 1/6 thaler
- 1732-IAB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1749 "St. Andrew" thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1729
- return to coinage of German States, Hannover