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[[Image:Brunswick-Luneburg Sincona 22-01187q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 22, lot 1187]]

This specimen was lot 1187 in Sincona sale 22 (Zürich, May 2015), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$2,512 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Herzogtum, Ernst August, 1679-1698 Löser zu 2 Taler 1688. Zellerfeld Mit Wertpunze. Sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, Ernest Augustus (1679-98), double thaler of 1688, Zellerfeld mint with denomination punched in, very fine.)"</blockquote> The multiple thalers of Brunswick come in many different types, all rare and expensive. By punching in the denomination after the coin was struck, the same dies could be used to make double, triple, even quadruple thalers. This issue was accompanied by a 1½ thaler ([[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688-RB 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS245|Dav-LS245]]).

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 57.01 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 282.2, Welter 1924; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-LS244]].

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, ''Collection Fumatori, Auction 22,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015. 

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB thaler Dav-6592|1681-RB thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB 2 thaler Dav-LS239|1681-RB "leaping stallion" double thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688 6 mariengroschen|1688 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688 12 mariengroschen|1688 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688 2/3 thaler KM-262.1|1688 ⅔ thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1688-RB 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS245|1688 1½ thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1689-RB thaler Dav-6594|1689-RB thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1690 pfennig|1690 pfennig]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1690-HB 1/3 thaler KM-346|1690-HB ⅓ thaler, "St. Andrew" reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1692-HB thaler Dav-6646|1692-HB thaler, bust obverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1694-HB thaler Dav-6649|1694-HB thaler, bust obverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1695-HB thaler Dav-6627|1695-HB "St. Andrew" thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1688]]
* return to coinage of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 21, 22, 23]]