View source for Brunswick-Harburg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6412

[[Image:Brunswick Kunker 263-00781.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 781]]

This specimen was lot 781 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €750 (about US$969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-HARBURG, FÜRSTENTUM Wilhelm, 1603-1642. Reichstaler 1641, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], principality of Brunswick-Harburg, William, 1603-42, thaler of 1641, Zellerfeld mint. Nice patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for 1640-42 and is perhaps the most available thaler from this locale. Duke Wilhelm was the last ruler of Brunswick-Harburg which reverted to [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1644-LW thaler Dav-6497|Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle]] on his death.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-40.6; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-6412]]; Welter 724. 

''[[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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015. 

''Links to:''
* [[Brunswick-Harburg 1637-HS thaler Dav-6408|1637-HS thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6506]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6510B]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1641-LW thaler Dav-6494]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6508]]
* [[Brunswick-Harburg 1642-HS thaler Dav-6413|1642-HS thaler, death of the last duke]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1641]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 263, 264]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]