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[[Image:Hannover 1665 thaler UBS 85-271q00.jpg|550px|thumb|UBS sale 85, lot 271]] | [[Image:Hannover 1665 thaler UBS 85-271q00.jpg|550px|thumb|UBS sale 85, lot 271]] | ||
| + | [[Image:SB823-55622o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55622]] | ||
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| − | This specimen was lot 271 in UBS sale 85 (Zurich, September 2010), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$742 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHLAND, Braunschweig-Lüneburg | + | This specimen was lot 271 in UBS sale 85 (Zurich, September 2010), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$742 including buyer's fee). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHLAND, Herzogtum, Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. Taler 1665. Fünffach behelmtes Wappen. Rv. Wilder Mann mit Baumstamm in der Rechten. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich.''" (Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, duke John Frederick, 1665-79, thaler of 1665. Quintuple-helmeted arms; reverse: wild man with tree trunk in his right hand. Nice Extremely Fine.)</blockquote> The second specimen was lot 55622 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler, 1665-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. Johann Friedrich. Fine Details -- Tooling. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." |
This type depicting the wild man of the forest is recorded for 1665-67 only and is catalogued for more than other types of the same period. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866. | This type depicting the wild man of the forest is recorded for 1665-67 only and is catalogued for more than other types of the same period. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866. | ||
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' silver, | + | ''Specification:'' silver, the first specimen 28,67 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' Welter 1714, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-6544]], KM 89. | ''Catalog reference:'' Welter 1714, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-6544]], KM 89. | ||
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* Davenport, John S., ''German Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976. | * Davenport, John S., ''German Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>''UBS Auction 85: Gold and Silver Coins,'' Zurich: UBS AG, 2010. | * <sup>[1]</sup>''UBS Auction 85: Gold and Silver Coins,'' Zurich: UBS AG, 2010. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
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* return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]] | * return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category: Selections from UBS sale 85]] | + | [[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category: Selections from UBS sale 85]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale]] |
Revision as of 19:49, 29 August 2023
This specimen was lot 271 in UBS sale 85 (Zurich, September 2010), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$742 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND, Herzogtum, Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. Taler 1665. Fünffach behelmtes Wappen. Rv. Wilder Mann mit Baumstamm in der Rechten. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich." (Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, duke John Frederick, 1665-79, thaler of 1665. Quintuple-helmeted arms; reverse: wild man with tree trunk in his right hand. Nice Extremely Fine.)
The second specimen was lot 55622 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[2] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. Taler, 1665-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. Johann Friedrich. Fine Details -- Tooling. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection."
This type depicting the wild man of the forest is recorded for 1665-67 only and is catalogued for more than other types of the same period. The Duchy of Brunswick was divided and subdivided in the seventeenth century but was eventually reassembled as the Kingdom of Hannover before being absorbed into Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, the first specimen 28,67 g.
Catalog reference: Welter 1714, Dav-6544, KM 89.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]UBS Auction 85: Gold and Silver Coins, Zurich: UBS AG, 2010.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1664-HS "wild man" thaler, five helmets over arms
- 1664-HS "wild man" thaler, three helmets over arms
- 1664-HS 1¼ thaler, bust left, "Piety and Justice" reverse
- Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1665-HS thaler Dav-6342 "wild man"
- 1665-LW "leaping stallion" thaler
- 1666-LW half thaler, St. Andrew reverse
- 1666-HS thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1665
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg