Hannover 1838-B 10 thaler Fr-1170
This specimen was lot 3600 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,850 (about US$2,494 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KÖNIGREICH HANNOVER, Ernst August, 1837-1851. 10 Taler 1838, B. GOLD. Vorzüglich. (kingdom of Hannover, Ernest Augustus, 1837-51, ten thaler of 1838. Extremely fine.)"
Various types of ten thaler pieces were struck most years between 1813 and 1856; the type shown here was issued 1837-8 only. The 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: 13.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 13.27 g.
Catalog reference: KM 175, Divo/S. 101; Fr-1170; Schl. 392.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
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