Hannover 1749-IBH thaler Dav-2097

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Künker sale 386, lot 5207

This specimen was lot 5207 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,326 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg II. 1727-1760. Reichstaler 1749, Zellerfeld. Ausbeute der Grube Weißer Schwan. Vorzüglich. (electorate of Hannover, George II, 1727-60, thaler of 1749, Zellerfeld mint, for the "White Swan" mine. Extremely fine.)"

The elector must have had a surplus of silver in 1749 as he had eight different thalers struck that year: KM 194.1 (leaping stallion reverse), KM 232.1 (St. Andrew reverse), KM 288 (wild man reverse), KM 291 (White Swan mine, shown here), KM 292 (Cronenburg's luck mine), KM 293 (Lautenthal's Luck mine), KM 294 (Goodness of the Lord mine), 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 29,04 g.

Catalog reference: KM 291, Dav-2097; Müseler 10.6.3/23; Welter 2568; Smith 131; Kluge (Slg. Preussag) 59.9.

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 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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