Luneburg 1702-JJJ 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 5320 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜNEBURG, STADT, 2/3 Taler 1702. Hübsche Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. Diese Münze gehört zur letzten Silberemission der Stadt Lüneburg. (city of Luneburg, two-thirds thaler of 1702. Handsome patina, minor planchet defects, about extremely fine.)"
Altho the city of Luneburg was within the electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, it maintained sufficient independence to issue this gulden in 1702, among its last issues.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 16.98 g.
Catalog reference: KM 95, Dav-630; Mader 681.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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