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This specimen was lot 41327 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg|Brunswick-Luneburg]]: Calenberg. 2/3 Taler, 1681. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August, as Bishop of Osnabruck. PCGS MS-61. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1680-93, is rather scarce in nice condition. Another two-thirds thaler exists with a leaping stallion design (KM 263). Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.
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This specimen was lot 41327 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg|Brunswick-Luneburg]]: Calenberg. 2/3 Taler, 1681. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August, as Bishop of Osnabrück. PCGS MS-61. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1680-93, is rather scarce in nice condition. Another two-thirds thaler exists with a leaping stallion design (KM 263). Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.
 
   
 
   
 
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB pfennig|1681-RB pfennig]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB pfennig|1681-RB pfennig]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-HB 4 mariengroschen|1681-HB 4 mariengroschen, "leaping stallion"]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-HB 4 mariengroschen|1681-HB 4 mariengroschen, "leaping stallion"]]
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB thaler Dav-6592|1681-RB "wild man" thaler]]
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB thaler Dav-6591|1681-RB thaler, wild man reverse, date at top]]
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB thaler Dav-6592|1681-RB thaler, wild man reverse]]
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS240|1681-RB 1½ thaler, for the Harz mines]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 2 thaler Dav-LS239|1681-RB double thaler, "leaping stallion"]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 2 thaler Dav-LS239|1681-RB double thaler, "leaping stallion"]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 3 thaler Dav-LS238|1681-RB triple thaler, "leaping stallion"]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 3 thaler Dav-LS238|1681-RB triple thaler, "leaping stallion"]]

Latest revision as of 13:03, 15 December 2025

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41327
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This specimen was lot 41327 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 2/3 Taler, 1681. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August, as Bishop of Osnabrück. PCGS MS-61. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1680-93, is rather scarce in nice condition. Another two-thirds thaler exists with a leaping stallion design (KM 263). Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-262.1; Welter-1970.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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.

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