Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1660-HS 2 thaler Dav-LS72

Jean Elsen sale 120, lot 1034

This specimen was lot 1034 in Jean Elsen sale 120 (Brussels, March 2014), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,631 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ALLEMAGNE, BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL, August (1635-1666), AR double Taler, 1660 HS, Goslar. Droit: Le duc à cheval à droite, vêtu d'une cuirasse, tenant un bâton de commandement. Avec la valeur "2" contremarquée dans le champ. Revers: Grand écu sous cinq heaumes. Rare. Champs repolis. Belle patine. Très Beau à Superbe. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August, 1635-66, silver double thaler of 1660, Goslar mint. Obverse: the duke on horseback to right, armored, holding a baton, with "2" counterstamped in the field; reverse: large arms below five helmets. Rare, fields tooled, nice patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Like most double thalers, this one year type is rare. A variety (Dav-LS70) exists without the "2" punched in.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 58 g, silver, this specimen 57,20 g.

Catalog reference: Welter, 772; Dav-LS72; KM-451.2.

Source:

• 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]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 120, Brussels: Jean Elsen & ses Fils, S.A., 2014.

Link to:

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