Hannover 1737 thaler Dav-2096

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Künker sale 354, lot 5712

This specimen was lot 5712 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$8,350 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Georg II. 1727-1760. Reichstaler 1737, Clausthal, auf den Tod seiner Gemahlin Wilhelmine Karoline Charlotte, Tochter des Markgrafen Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach, am 1. Dezember. Brustbild der Königin l. mit Diadem und umgelegtem Mantel, darunter vier Zeilen Schrift//18 Zeilen Schrift. RR Prachtexemplar. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion LHS Numismatik 100, Zürich 2007, Nr. 863. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George II, 1727-60, thaler of 1737, Clausthal mint, on the death of his wife Wilhelmine Karoline Charlotte, daughter of Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach, on December 1. Obverse: diademed and mantled bust left, four line inscription below; reverse: eighteen line inscription. Very rare, choice example with fine toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This rare commemorative was accompanied by a quarter thaler (KM 254) and a half thaler (KM 256). The elector George II was also king George II of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 26,19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 257, Dav-2096; Welter 2665; Fischer/Maué 3.368; Slg. Wilm. -; Eimer -.

Source:

  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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