Hannover 1806-GFM 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 5739 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €130 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Georg III. 1760-1820. 2/3 Taler 1806, Clausthal. Mit Signatur G · - · M · auf der Vorderseite. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 323, Frankfurt/Main 1988, Nr. 2346. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George III, 1760-1820, George III, 1760-1820, two-thirds thaler of 1806, Clausthal mint, with initials "G·M·" on the obverse. Extremely fine.)"
The old electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg was seized by Napoleon in 1807 and handed over to Prussia. In 1810, it was partitioned between the kingdom of Westphalia and the empire itself. At the Congress of Vienna, it was restored as the kingdom of Hannover and ruled by the British kings until 1837. This is from a type of 1805-07; i.e., just before the Napoleonic annexation. It was accompanied by a 1/24 thaler, 1/6 thaler and single thaler. The previous type (KM 413, struck 1801-05), lacked the Order of the Garter around the arms. The denomination was last struck in 1839 and the kingdom was annexed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a slightly better date.
Specification: silver, this specimen 13,01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 422, Welter Nachtrag 2815; Kahnt 195; Smith 230.
- 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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