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[[Image:Brunswick 1664 2 thaler obv Heritage 3020-23860.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3020, lot 23860]]
[[Image:Brunswick 1664 2 thaler rev Heritage 3020-23860.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 23860 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $4,112.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle. Christian Ludwig Broad 2 Taler 1664-LW, AU50 NGC jumbo holder, aged gray patina with bold details featuring a prancing horse above an intricate mining scene. The denomination (2) is punched into the reverse design at 6 o'clock. Elusive in this pleasing quality." This type depicting the leaping stallion is recorded for 1657-64 in numerous varieties  and the single thaler is among the common types of the period. A similar three thaler ([[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1663-HS 3 thaler Dav-LS181|Dav-LS181]]) was issued in 1664; it is also rare. See also a 1½ thaler ([[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS190|Dav-LS190]]) and quadruple thaler ([[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 4 thaler Dav-LS187|Dav-LS187]]). The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-LS189]], KM 252.5.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
* Davenport, John S., ''Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1661-LW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS170|1661-LW 1½ thaler, leaping stallion, for the mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1662-LW 2 thaler Dav-LS174|1662 double thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1663-HS thaler Dav-6519|1663-HS thaler, wild man reverse with "ANNO"]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1663-LW thaler Dav-6521|1663 thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1663-HS 3 thaler Dav-LS181|1663 triple thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 1/8 thaler|1664-LW 1/8 thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-HS thaler Dav-6517|1664-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW thaler Dav-6521|1664-LW thaler, leaping stallion reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1664-HS thaler Dav-6529]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-HS thaler Dav-6517|1664-HS thaler, wild man with tree in left hand]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW thaler Dav-6521|1664-LW thaler, leaping stallion reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS190|1664 1½ thaler, for the Harz mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 3 thaler Dav-LS188|1664-LW triple thaler, for the Harz mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 4 thaler Dav-LS187|1664-LW 4 thaler, for the Harz mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 5 thaler Dav-LS186|1664-LW 5 thaler, for the Harz mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1664-LW 6 thaler Dav-LS185|1664-LW 6 thaler, for the Harz mines]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-HS thaler Dav-6517|1665-HS thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-LW thaler Dav-6521|1665-LW thaler, leaping stallion obverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1665-HS 3 thaler Dav-LS192|1665-HS triple thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 2 thaler Dav-LS239]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1664]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]]

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