1 Thaler - John Frederick Death

Features

Issuer	Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States)
Prince	John Frederick (Johann Friedrich) (1665-1679)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1679
Value	1 Thaler
Currency	Thaler
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 569648
References	Welter# 1724 Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes). , Dav ST# 6589 John Stewart Davenport; 1976. German Secular Talers 1600-1700. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. , KM# 234 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Death of John Frederick

Obverse

Draped bust facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOHAN : FRIDER : D:G : DUX BR & LU :

Unabridged legend: Iohan Fridrich Dei Gratia Dux Brunsvicensis & Luneburgensis

Translation: John Frederick, by the grace of God, duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg

Reverse

13 lines inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NATUS
ANN:M·DC·XXV
XXV·APRIL
POTITUS RERUM
IN DUCATIBUS CA:
LENBERG:GRUBEN:
HAG:ET TERRA GOT:
TING:ANNO
M·DC·LXV
OBIIT XIIX DECEM:
BRIS·A·M·DC·LXXIX
AUGUSTÆ VIN:
DELICORUM

Unabridged legend:
NATUS
ANNo MDCXXV
XXV APRIL
POTITUS RERUM
IN DUCATIBUS CA-
LENBERG GRUBEN-
HAG ET TERRA GOT-
TING ANNO
M·DC·LXV
OBIIT XIIX DECEM-
BRIS Anno MDCLXXIX
AUGUSTÆ VIN-
DELICORUM

Translation:
Born
in the Year 1625
on the 25th of April
Assumed Power
In the Duchies of
Calenberg, Grubenhagen,
and the territory of
Göttingen in the Year
1665
Died the 18th of December
in the Year 1679
at Augsburg

Mint

Zellerfeld, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1679

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 437 Lot 149	28 Jan 2026	XF	USD 3240.78 (EUR 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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