Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1643 1/4 thaler KM-411
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This specimen was lot 500 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €170 (about US$229 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August der Jüngere, 1635-1666. 1/4 Reichstaler 1643, Zellerfeld. 2. Glockenort. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus the Younger, 1635-66, second bell quarter thaler of 1643, Zellerfeld mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"The year 1643 saw the issue of nine different "bell" thalers (Dav-6363, -6364, -6366, -6366A, -6366B, -6371, -6373,-6374, -6375, -6369) in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, as well as more conventional thalers (Dav-6338, -6347, -6370, -6372).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Welter 836; KM 411.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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:
- 1642 "wild man" thaler
- 1642 portrait thaler
- 1643 "first bell" thaler
- 1643 "second bell" thaler
- 1643 "fourth bell" half thaler
- 1643 "fourth bell" thaler
- 1643 "fifth bell" half thaler
- 1643 "fifth bell" thaler
- 1643 "sixth bell" thaler
- 1643 "seventh bell" thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1643
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