Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1622 thaler Dav-6437A

Künker sale 293, lot 608

This specimen was lot 608 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €240 (about US$324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Christian, Bischof von Minden, 1611-1633. Reichstaler 1622, Clausthal. Sehr schön. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Christian, bishop of Minden, 1611-33, thaler of 1622, Clausthal mint. Very fine.)"

This issue is fairly common for a one year type.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 9.8, Dav-6437 A; Welter 921.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1619 thaler
• 1621 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
• 1622 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
• city of Luneburg 1622 thaler
• Halberstadt 1622 thaler Dav-6320
• Coins and currency dated 1622
• return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg