Hannover 1768-IWS thaler Dav-2104

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23542

This specimen was lot 23542 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $810. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneberg-Calenberg-Hannover. Taler, 1768-IWS. Clausthal Mint. George III. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. A decently struck Taler with soft luster and light toning throughout." This type depicting St. Andrew with his cross is recorded for 1761-73. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2104; KM-343.

Source:

Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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Hannover 1768-IWS thaler Dav-2104

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