Hannover 1759-IWS 2/3 thaler

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Sincona sale 22, lot 1226

This specimen was lot 698 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €180 (about US$243 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, HERZOGTUM Georg II. 1727-1760. 2/3 Taler 1759, Clausthal. Sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, George II, 1727-60, two-thirds thaler of 1759, Clausthal mint. Very fine or better.)"

This type was struck 1740-60. It is the most expensive of the three different gulden noted for 1759, including a "wild man" type (KM 286) and another "leaping stallion" variety (KM 290). Hannover, linked to the British crown 1714-1837, embroiled England in several continental conflicts the British establishment would rather have steered clear of.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-442; Welter 2584, KM 277.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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