Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681 2/3 thaler KM-262.1

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41327

This specimen was lot 41327 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 2/3 Taler, 1681. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August, as Bishop of Osnabrück. PCGS MS-61. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1680-93, is rather scarce in nice condition. Another two-thirds thaler exists with a leaping stallion design (KM 263). Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-262.1; Welter-1970.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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