Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1625-HL thaler Dav-6303

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55451

This specimen was lot 55451 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1625-HL. Goslar or Zellerfeld Mint. Friedrich Ulrich. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1613-28 and is among the more common thalers of the period. This thaler, Dav-6303, was struck at Goslar and Zellerfeld while the very similar Dav-6306 was struck only at Clausthal. Duke Friedrich Ulrich ruled 1613-34.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6303; KM-52.1; Welter-1057A.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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