Hannover 1732-IAB thaler Dav-2092

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70544

This specimen was lot 70544 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover. Taler, 1732-IAB. George II August (1727-60). NGC AU-58. Nicely toned, lustrous and attractive." This type is listed for 1727-49 and is fairly scarce. The elector was also king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2092; KM-233.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Links to:

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• 1732-CPS ⅓ thaler, St. Andrew reverse
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• 1732-CPS ⅔ thaler, leaping stallion
• 1732-IAB ⅔ thaler, wild man reverse
• 1733-IAB 4 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
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