Hannover 1802-C 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 5737 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Georg III. 1760-1820. 1/6 Taler 1802, Clausthal. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 69, Osnabrück 2001, Nr. 4852. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George III, 1760-1820, one sixth thaler of 1802, Clausthal mint. Choice example, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck for George III 1793-1800 and is common. Many different types of this denomination exist, with the wild man (KM 348, 386, 395, 401), with the king's bust (KM 370, 382, 389, 400, 404, 415) or with St. Andrew holding his cross (KM 298, 342, 419). This, however, seems to be the only design used in 1802. In 1802, the state was still technically the electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg but everybody called it Hannover, a situation formalized when it was reconstituted the kingdom of Hannover in 1815.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3.27 g.
Catalog reference: KM 415, Welter 2837; Smith 241 E.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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