Hannover 1752-C thaler Dav-2086
This specimen was lot 5211 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €420 (about US$543 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg II. 1727-1760. Reichstaler 1752, Clausthal. Feine Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (electorate of Hannover, George II, 1727-60, thaler of 1752, Clausthal mint. Fine patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This "leaping stallion" thaler was struck 1751-60 and has a moderate catalog value. Other thalers for 1752 include KM 232.1 (St. Andrew reverse), KM 291 (White Swan mine), KM 292 (Cronenburg's Luck mine), KM 293 (Lautenthal's Luck mine), KM 312 (Bliefeld Mine) and KM 320 (King Karl Mine).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 194.2, Dav-2086; Welter 2560; Smith 124 D.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1750 "Cronenburg's Luck" mining thaler
- 1750 "Bleifeld" mining thaler
- 1750 "White Swan" mining thaler
- Hannover 1751-C mariengroschen monogram obverse
- 1751-IBH 1/6 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1751-IBH ⅓ thaler, wild man reverse
- 1751-C ⅓ thaler, St. Andrew reverse
- 1751-IBH ⅔ thaler, wild man reverse
- 1751-C ⅔ thaler, leaping stallion reverse
- 1751-C "St. Andrew" thaler
- 1751-C thaler, bust obverse
- 1751-IAS 4 goldgulden
- 1752 "wild man" ⅓ thaler
- 1752 thaler, "Rainbow" mine
- 1752-C thaler, St. Andrew reverse
- 1753-IBH 2 mariengroschen
- 1755-IBH thaler, wild man reverse
- 1756 "Lautenthal's Luck" mining thaler
- 1756-IBH thaler, "Goodness of the Lord" mine
- Coins and currency dated 1752