Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1640-HS thaler Dav-6338
This specimen was lot 5030 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1640, Zellerfeld. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit prachtvoller Patina, vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1640, Zellerfeld mint. Very attractive example with superb patina, extremely fine.)"
This type of 1639-48 is not listed as rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 27.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 393.1, Dav-6338; Welter 819.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, 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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