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[[Image:Brunswick K293-495.jpg|550px|thumb|Kunker sale 293, lot 495]]
 
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This specimen was lot 495 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €320 (about US$431 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön.'' (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Handsome patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare. The photo in the SCWC shows [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1642-HS thaler Dav-6347|Dav-6347]], not this coin. Numerous "wild man" thalers exist from this state.
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This specimen was lot 495 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €320 (about US$431 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön.'' (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Handsome patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare. The photo in the SCWC shows [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1642-HS thaler Dav-6347|Dav-6347]], not this coin. Numerous "wild man" thalers exist from this state.
 
   
 
   
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 15:17, 28 November 2024

Kunker sale 293, lot 495

This specimen was lot 495 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €320 (about US$431 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Handsome patina, very fine.)"

This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare. The photo in the SCWC shows Dav-6347, not this coin. Numerous "wild man" thalers exist from this state.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Welter 819, Dav-6338; KM 393.2.

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.
  • [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.

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