Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1659-HS thaler Dav-6528

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41345

This specimen was lot 41345 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg & Luneburg (Celle). Taler, 1659-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II Wilhelm. PCGS EF-45. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1654-64 and is one of many "wild man" thalers from this state. 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: Dav-6528; KM-57.1; Welter-1583.

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.
• Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
• ^[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:

• 1658-HS thaler, wild man reverse
• 1659-HS ⅛ thaler, on the death of the duke's mother
• 1660-HS quintuple thaler, "Piety and Justice" reverse
• 1662-HS "wild man" thaler, five helmets over arms
• Coins and currency dated 1659