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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1640-HS thaler Dav-6506|1640-HS thaler, bust obverse]] | * [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1640-HS thaler Dav-6506|1640-HS thaler, bust obverse]] | ||
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* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1641-LW thaler Dav-6494]] | * [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1641-LW thaler Dav-6494]] | ||
* [[Brunswick-Harburg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6412]] | * [[Brunswick-Harburg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6412]] | ||
Revision as of 11:13, 7 June 2023
This specimen was lot 1339 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 350 (about US$461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Taler 1641. Zellerfeld. Gutes sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, thaler of 1641, Zellerfeld mint, good very fine.)"
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 is listed for 1639-42 and is one of many "wild man" thalers from this locale.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.02 g.
Catalog reference: Welter 1454, Dav-6508; KM-22.2.
- 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]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.
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- 1640-HS thaler, bust obverse
- 1640-HS thaler, wild man reverse
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1641-LW thaler Dav-6494
- Brunswick-Harburg 1641-HS thaler Dav-6412
- 1641 thaler, bust obverse
- 1641 "death" thaler
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1641-LW thaler Dav-6494
- 1643-HS thaler, wild man reverse, plain exergue
- 1643-HS thaler, wild man reverse, grassy exergue
- 1644 thaler, bust obverse
- Coins and currency dated 1641
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg