Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1643-HS thaler Dav-6517
This specimen was lot 5149 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €360 (about US$465 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, Christian Ludwig, 1641-1648. Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, Christian Louis, 1641-48, thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Fine patina, minor planchet defects, about extremely fine.)"
Christian Ludwig was duke in Calenberg 1641-48 and in Celle 1648-65. His younger brother Georg Wilhelm was duke in Calenberg 1648-65 and in Celle 1665-1705. The last brother, Ernst August, was duke in Calenberg 1679-98 and elector of Hannover 1692-98. Ernst August's son George inherited Calenberg and Hannover in 1698, Celle in 1705 and the throne of Great Britain in 1714. We have filed this under Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg even tho we put an identical coin dated 1649 under Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47.3, Dav-6517 (incorrect reverse photo); Welter 1505.
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- 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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