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This specimen was lot 5553 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl I. 1735-1780. 2/3 Taler (1/2 Konv.-Taler) 1765, Braunschweig. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 19, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 851.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel|duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Charles I, 1735-80, two-thirds thaler of 1765, Brunswick mint. Scarce in this quality, choice example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The convention of 1753 which established the convention thaler also reduced the gulden from ⅔ thaler to half a thaler. Princes continued to mint gulden marked "⅔" as before but only half a thaler in metal. This type was struck 1764-75 and 1779. The denomination was retired in 1779 but the equivalent 24 mariengroschen continued until 1834.
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This specimen was lot 5553 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl I. 1735-1780. 2/3 Taler (1/2 Konv.-Taler) 1765, Braunschweig. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 19, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 851.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel|duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Charles I, 1735-80, two-thirds thaler of 1765, Brunswick mint. Scarce in this quality, choice example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> The convention of 1753 which established the convention thaler also reduced the gulden from ⅔ thaler to half a thaler. Princes continued to mint gulden marked "⅔" as before but only half a thaler in metal. This type was struck 1764-75 and 1779. The denomination was retired in 1779 but the equivalent 24 mariengroschen continued until 1834.
  
 
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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1763-IAP 2 mariengroschen|1763-IAP 2 mariengroschen, "wild man"]]
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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1763-IAP 2 mariengroschen|1763-IAP 2 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1764-IAP 12 mariengroschen|1764-IAP 12 mariengroschen]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1764-IAP 12 mariengroschen|1764-IAP 12 mariengroschen]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1764-E IDB 5 thaler Fr-714|1764-E IDB 5 thaler]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1764-E IDB 5 thaler Fr-714|1764-E IDB 5 thaler]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 6 mariengroschen|1765-IAP 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 6 mariengroschen|1765-IAP 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 12 mariengroschen|1765-IAP 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 12 mariengroschen|1765-IAP 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen KM-895|1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen, leaping stallion]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen KM-870|1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen KM-870|1765-IAP 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-E IDB thaler Dav-2151|1765-E IDB thaler]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-E IDB thaler Dav-2151|1765-E IDB thaler]]

Latest revision as of 15:37, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 354, lot 5553

This specimen was lot 5553 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl I. 1735-1780. 2/3 Taler (1/2 Konv.-Taler) 1765, Braunschweig. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 19, Osnabrück 1991, Nr. 851. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, 1735-80, two-thirds thaler of 1765, Brunswick mint. Scarce in this quality, choice example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The convention of 1753 which established the convention thaler also reduced the gulden from ⅔ thaler to half a thaler. Princes continued to mint gulden marked "⅔" as before but only half a thaler in metal. This type was struck 1764-75 and 1779. The denomination was retired in 1779 but the equivalent 24 mariengroschen continued until 1834.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.04 g.

Catalog reference: KM 973.1, Welter 2733.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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.

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