Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1841-CvC thaler Dav-632
This specimen was lot 5577 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm, 1831-1884. Taler 1841, CvC. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 72, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 3393. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, William, 1831-84, thaler of 1841. Scarce in this quality, choice example, about extremely fine.)"
This is the most available date of a type struck 1839-42 and 1848-50. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel struck thalers to the Prussian standard (22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver) until 1855, then vereinsthalers thereafter.
Recorded mintage: 304,307.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1131, AKS 78; Dav-632; Kahnt 152; Thun 117; Welter 3095.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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