Hannover 1701-RB thaler Dav-2065

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74530

This specimen was lot 74530 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. Taler, 1701-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg Ludwig (future George I of Great Britain). PCGS AU-50. Gunmetal gray and with some delightful amber-olive hues accentuating the devices, this crown offers entrancing eye appeal. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1700-11 and is scarce. Other thalers for 1701 include KM 19/Dav-2057 (leaping stallion reverse) and KM 20/Dav-2061 (St. Andrew reverse).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2065; KM-35; Welter-2143.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1700 thaler
• 1701 24 mariengroschen
• 1701-HB ⅔ thaler, "leaping stallion" reverse
• 1701-HB thaler, St. Andrew reverse
• 1702-RB thaler, wild man reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1701