Hannover 1748-IBH thaler Dav-2097

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Künker sale 406, lot 4171

This specimen was lot 4171 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,500 (about US$3,280 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, Georg II. 1727-1760. Reichstaler 1748, Zellerfeld. Ausbeute der Grube Weißer Schwan. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (electorate of Hannover, George II, 1727-60, thaler of 1748, Zellerfeld mint, for the White Swan mine. Very rare date, attractive example with fine toning, light planchet defects, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The elector struck eight different thalers in 1748, including KM 194.1 (leaping stallion), KM 230 (leaping stallion), KM 231.1 (bust obverse), KM 232.1 (St. Andrew), KM 287 (leaping stallion), KM 288 (wild man), KM 291 (White swan, shown here) and KM 295 (Rainbow mine). This "White Swan mine" thaler was struck 1744-45, 1748-52 and 1756. It is not rare but it is expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,08 g.

Catalog reference: KM 291, Dav-2097; Müseler 10.6.3/17; Welter 2568; Smith 131.

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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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