Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1717-HH thaler Dav-2128

Künker sale 386, lot 5056

This specimen was lot 5056 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,843 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. Reichstaler 1717, Braunschweig, auf die 200-Jahrfeier der Reformation. RR Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 21, Osnabrück 1992, Nr. 2976. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, thaler of 1717, Brunswick mint, bicentennial of the Reformation. Very rare, hansome patina, extremely fine.)"

This is a rare commemorative. Other thalers for 1717 include Dav-2126 (wild man) and Dav-2127 (leaping stallion).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 769, Dav-2128; Welter 2373; Slg. Whiting 161; Slg. Opitz 2480.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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• 1716-HH quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• 1716-HH 2/3 thaler, monogram obverse, leaping stallion reverse
• 1716-HH thaler, wild man reverse
• 1717 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
• 1717-HH 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
• 1717-HH thaler, "wild man"
• 1717 quarter ducat
• 1717-HCH "wild man" ducat
• 1718-HCH thaler, bust obverse/leaping stallion reverse
• 1720-C thaler, "leaping stallion"
• Coins and currency dated 1717