Hannover 1845-B 1/6 thaler

Künker sale 335, lot 3826

This specimen was lot 3826 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €150 (about US$196 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, Ernst August, 1837-1851. 1/6 Taler 1845, B. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Hannover, Ernest Augustus, 1837-51, one sixth thaler of 1845. Cabinet piece, fine patina, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1844-47.

Recorded mintage: 457,000 for 1840-47.

Specification: 5.35 g, 0.520 fine silver, this specimen 5.37 g.

Catalog reference: KM 199, AKS 111; J. 61.

Source:

• 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, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

• 1844-B 10 thaler
• 1845-B 2½ thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1845
• return to coins of German States, Hannover