Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1720-C thaler Dav-2127

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 624

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 624 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1720-C. August Wilhelm (1714-31). NGC AU-58. Slightly uneven strike as evident in the crown, but nice old envelope toning and quite attractive. From the Rockaway Collection." This somewhat scarce type was struck 1716-30.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2127; KM-758.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.

Link to:

• Brunswick-Blankenburg 1716-HCH thaler Dav-2133
• 1717-HH thaler, "wild man"
• 1718-HCH thaler, bust obverse/leaping stallion reverse
• 1720-C thaler, wild man reverse
• 1721-C thaler, wild man reverse
• 1721-C thaler, leaping stallion
• Coins and currency dated 1720
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel