Brunswick-Calenberg 1582 thaler Dav-9011

Künker sale 293, lot 586

This specimen was lot 586 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €650 (about US$876 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Erich der Jüngere, 1545-1584. Reichstaler (24 Groschen) 1582, Münden. RR Henkelspur, dunkle Patina, sehr schön. (duchies of Brunswick-Luneburg and Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Eric the Younger, 1545-84, thaler of 1582, Munden mint. Rare, mount mark, dark patina, very fine.)"

Davenport lists this type of 1582-84 as scarce but not rare. This domain reverted to Wolfenbuttel on Erich's death, to be erected again in the seventeenth century.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Welter 451; Dav-9011.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[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:

• (15)82 thaler
• Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1584 thaler Dav-9018
• Coins and currency dated 1582
• return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Luneburg