Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1642-HS thaler Dav-6338

Kunker sale 293, lot 485

This specimen was lot 485 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €150 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. Reichstaler 1642, Zellerfeld. Etwas Belag, schön-sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, thaler of 1642, Zellerfeld mint. Some gunk adhering, fine to 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 393.1.

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.

Link to:

• 1641-HS thaler, "wild man" reverse
• 1642 portrait thaler
• 1643 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1643 first "bell" thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1642
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel