Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1735-IAB thaler Dav-2143

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41299

This specimen was lot 41299 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1735-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Ferdinand Albrecht II. PCGS AU-53. One year type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1735 only during the very short reign of duke Ferdinand Albrecht II and is fairly common. Other thalers included Dav-2138 (Ludwig Rudolf wild man), Dav-2139 (Ludwig Rudolf leaping stallion), Dav-2140 (Ludwig Rudolf bust obverse), Dav-2141 (death of Ludwig Rudolf), Dav-2142 (another leaping stallion), Dav-2144 (death of Ferdinand Albrecht), Dav-2145 (Karl I wild man) and Dav-2146 (Karl I leaping stallion). Altho not cheap, Dav-2143 is probably the most available thaler for 1735.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2143; KM-881; Welter-2673.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1734-IAB "wild man" quarter thaler
• 1734-IAB thaler, wild man reverse
• 1734 "leaping stallion" thaler
• 1734-S ducat
• 1735-IAB 4 mariengroschen, wild man reverse, Ludwig Rudolph
• 1735-IAB 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
• 1735-BID thaler, on the death of Ferdinand Albert II
• 1735 "leaping stallion" thaler
• 1735-BID ducat, death of Ludwig Rudolf
• 1736-IAB 4 mariengroschen, "wild man"
• 1736 "leaping stallion" thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1735