Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1952. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Brunswick-Lüneberg-Calenberg. Ernst Augustus, as Duke and Bishop of Osnabrück. 1679-1698. AR Third Taler (6.52 gm, 12h). Clausthal mint; Heinrich Bonhorst, mintmaster. Dated 1689. Complex coat-of-arms with sword and crozier; H B across field / St. Andrew dragging cross. Welter 1987; KM 346. Good VF, toned, a few scuff marks. ($150)