Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1726-EPH thaler Dav-2126
This specimen was lot 3599 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,345 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. Reichstaler 1726, Zellerfeld. Prachtexemplar. Feiner Prägeglanz, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, thaler of 1726, Zellerfeld mint. Cabinet example, fine luster, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1714-30 and is fairly common. A second thaler (Dav-2127), struck 1716-30, featured the leaping stallion, and a third (Dav-2135, rare) had a bust obverse. One thaler was thirty-six mariengroschen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 29.03 g, silver, this specimen 29,19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 739, Dav-2126; Welter 2376.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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