5 Thalers - George Harz - Ausbeute - Löser

Features

Issuer	Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States)
Prince	George (Georg) (1634-1641)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1638
Value	5 Thalers
Currency	Thaler
Composition	Silver
Weight	145.64 g
Diameter	87 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 339585
References	KM# 26 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Dav BrSL# 141 John Stewart Davenport; 1956. Oversize Multiple Talers of the Brunswick Duchies and Saxe-Lauenburg (1^st Edition). Self-published, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. , Müseler# 10.4.1/28 Karl Müseler; 1983. Bergbaugepräge. Preussag Aktiengesellschaft, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Duke, bareheaded armored and holding staff in right hand, on horseback riding left. Baroque frame above, and mining landscape below. Value punched in field below horse.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VON GOTTES GNADEN GEORG HERTZOG ZU BRAUNSVEIG UND LUNÆB ✽

Translation: By God's grace, George Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg

Reverse

Helmeted 12-fold arms, supported by two wildmen, date in Roman numerals. Mintmaster's initials at top.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HS
❀ AUF GOTT TRAW ICH ❀ ANNO MDCXXXVIII ❀
IH

Translation: In God I trust.

Mint

Zellerfeld, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Mark

HS	Henning Schluter, Mint master, Goslar, Zellerfeld (1626-1672)

Comments

HS are initials of mintmaster Henning Schluter.
IH are initials of engraver Issak Hennigk.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1638	HS											MDCXXXVIII

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 437 Lot 145	28 Jan 2026	VF	USD 27 757.09 (EUR 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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