Hannover 1829-B 5 thaler Fr-1159
This specimen was lot 1874 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,050 (about US$1,461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1815 KONIGREICH HANNOVER, Georg IV. 1820-1830. 5 Taler 1829, B. GOLD. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Hannover, George IV, five thalers of 1829. Rim nicks, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1821, 1825, 1828-30 along with a ten thaler and a 2½ thaler. This coin was struck to the standard of a Prussian friedrichs d'or. The bust is of George IV, king of Great Britain. Various types of five thaler pieces were struck most years between 1813 and 1856; the type shown here was issued 1839 only and is rare. The German kingdom of Hannover was the old duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg prior to the Napoleonic invasions. It was separated from the British crown in 1837 and absorbed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 6.60 g.
Catalog reference: KM 132, Divo/S. 90; Fr-1159; Schl. 370.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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