Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1841-CvC thaler Dav-632

Künker sale 354, lot 5577

This specimen was lot 5577 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Taler 1841, CvC. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 72, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 3393. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, William, 1831-84, thaler of 1841. Scarce in this quality, choice example, about extremely fine.)"

This is the most available date of a type struck 1839-42 and 1848-50. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel struck thalers to the Prussian standard (22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver) until 1855, then vereinsthalers thereafter.

Recorded mintage: 304,307.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.23 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1131, AKS 78; Dav-632; Kahnt 152; Thun 117; Welter 3095.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1837-CvC thaler, draped arms reverse
• 1838-CvC thaler, mantled arms reverse
• 1842 double thaler
• 1848-CvC thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1841