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This specimen was lot 758 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Reichstaler 1671, Clausthal, auf die Eroberung der Stadt Braunschweig. R Scharf ausgeprägtes Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf August, 1666-85, thaler of 1671, Clausthal mint, on the conquest of the city of Brunswick. Sharply struck with beautiful patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This event was also noted on Dav-6382, [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1671 thaler Dav-6383|Dav-6283]] and [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1671 thaler Dav-6384|Dav-6384]], all scarce. | This specimen was lot 758 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Reichstaler 1671, Clausthal, auf die Eroberung der Stadt Braunschweig. R Scharf ausgeprägtes Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf August, 1666-85, thaler of 1671, Clausthal mint, on the conquest of the city of Brunswick. Sharply struck with beautiful patina, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This event was also noted on Dav-6382, [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1671 thaler Dav-6383|Dav-6283]] and [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1671 thaler Dav-6384|Dav-6384]], all scarce. | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 11 December 2021
This specimen was lot 758 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,455 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Reichstaler 1671, Clausthal, auf die Eroberung der Stadt Braunschweig. R Scharf ausgeprägtes Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf August, 1666-85, thaler of 1671, Clausthal mint, on the conquest of the city of Brunswick. Sharply struck with beautiful patina, extremely fine.)"
This event was also noted on Dav-6382, Dav-6283 and Dav-6384, all scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-511; Dav-6381; Welter 1838.
- 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, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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