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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1679 2 thaler Dav-LS105|1679 double thaler]] | * [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1679 2 thaler Dav-LS105|1679 double thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1685) thaler Dav-6387|(1685) thaler, on the dukes' brotherly unity]] | ||
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1685-HH 4 thaler Dav-LS110|1685-HH quadruple thaler]] | * [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1685-HH 4 thaler Dav-LS110|1685-HH quadruple thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1686-RB 2 thaler Dav-LS114|1686-RB double thaler]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1685]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1685]] | ||
* return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel]] | * return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]] | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 30 November 2021
This specimen was lot 538 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$12,130 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Löser zu 3 Reichstalern 1685, Zellerfeld. Ausbeute der Grube Lautenthals Glück. Mit Wertpunze; . D : G : RUDOLPH · AUGUSTUS DUX BRUNS : ET LUN : Fünffach behelmtes, 11feldiges Wappen, unten zu den Seiten die geteilte Signatur R - B (Rudolf Bornemann, Münzmeister in Zellerfeld 1676-1711) sowie die Jahreszahl 16 - 85, l. die eingepunzte Wertzahl//(Blumenverzierung) TU TANDEM ABIECTAM REDDES DEUS ALME SONORAM Lautenspielerin steht halbr. auf Schnecke, im Hintergrund Stadtansicht von Lautenthal und Bergwerksanlagen, oben l. strahlende Sonne mit Gesicht, r. strahlender Name Jehovas. Preussag Collection (Auktion London Coin Galleries/Künker 1) 109. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf Augustus, 1666-85, triple thaler of 1685, Zellerfeld mint, for the Lautensthal's Luck mine, with denomination punch. Obverse: five helmeted crest, manifold arms, date below and denomination punched in lower left; reverse: Good Fortune, standing on a snail, with view of town and minehead behind; above left, the shining sun; above right, the name of Jehovah in a glory. Very scarce in this quality, attractive example with fine toning, minor edge defects, extremely fine.)"
This rare issue comes with mintmaster RB or HH and with or without the denomination punch. Mining thalers were almost never struck in multiples.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 78,12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 564, Dav-LS111, Duve 4; Müseler 10.3/3; Welter 1834.
- 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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- [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.
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