View source for Brunswick-Calenberg (15)70 thaler Dav-9003

[[Image:SB822-30209o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30209]]
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This specimen was lot 30209 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg|Brunswick-Luneburg]]: Calenburg. Taler, (15)69/70. Muenden Mint. Erich II 'the Younger'. PCGS MS-62. With the name of Maximilian I. A VERY RARE and desirable type featuring a split date of (15)69 on the obverse and (15)70 on the reverse, this exceptional survivor exhibits a mostly argent nature toward the center of the planchet and a more burnished aspect to the iridescence as one approaches the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1569-73 and the dates are frequently found muled, as here. It is rare. In 1495, a part of [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel|Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] was sliced off to form Brunswick-Calenberg for Erich "the Elder". It was passed down to Erich "the Younger" in 1540 but, upon his death without issue in 1584, returned to Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. This type was struck 1569-73.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-MB101, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9003]]; Welter-442 (Addendum). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Davenport, John S., ''German Talers, 1500-1600,'' Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Wolfenbuttel 1531 thaler Dav-9038]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1569 thaler Dav-9057]] "wild man"
* [[Brunswick-Calenberg (15)69 thaler Dav-9002]]
* [[Brunswick-Calenberg (15)72 thaler Dav-9002|(15)72 thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1574 thaler Dav-9017]]
* [[Brunswick-Calenberg (15)77 thaler Dav-9007|(15)77 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1570]]

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