Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1671 thaler Dav-6384

Künker sale 293, lot 533

This specimen was lot 533 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Rudolf August, 1666-1685. Reichstaler 1671, Clausthal, auf die Eroberung der Stadt Braunschweig. Feine Patina, min. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, vorzüglich. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf Augustus, 1666-85, thaler of 1671, Clausthal mint, on the conquest of the city of Brunswick. Fine patina, small edge crack, extremely fine.)"

The duke thought this success was worth commemorating with four different thalers (Dav-6381, -6382, -6383 and -6384), all scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 513.2, Dav-6384, Welter 1837.

Source:

• 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1670 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1671 12 mariengroschen, wild man obverse
• 1671-RB thaler, on the capture of the city of Brunswick
• 1671 thaler, on the capture of the city of Brunswick
• 1671 thaler, on the capture of the city of Brunswick
• 1673 thaler, wild man reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1671
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel