View source for Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1640-HS thaler Dav-6338

[[Image:K386-05030.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 5030]]

This specimen was lot 5030 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1640, Zellerfeld. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel|duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel]], August the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1640, Zellerfeld mint. Very attractive example with superb patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen is 27.69 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 393.1, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-6338]]; Welter 819. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Davenport, John S., ''German Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1638-HS thaler Dav-6337|1638-HS thaler, wild man]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1639-HS 1/8 thaler|1639-HS ⅛ thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1639-HS 1/4 thaler|1639-HS "wild man" quarter thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1639-HS thaler Dav-6346|1639-HS thaler, bust obverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1641-HS 1/8 thaler|1641 "wild man" eighth thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1642-HS thaler Dav-6347|1642-HS portrait thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1642-HS thaler Dav-6338|1642-HS thaler, wild man]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1640]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]