Bremen 1667 12 grote
This specimen was lot 777 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "BREMEN: Free Hanseatic City, AR 12 grote, 1667, scarce, a pleasing well struck lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS62, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. Finest graded 'top pop' by PCGS!" This rather scarce type was struck 1658-59, 1664-66 and 1672. Twelve grote made one-sixth of a thaler. Most Bremen issues were emitted by the free city of Bremen, still today a major port on the North Sea coast of Germany. However, the hinterland formed the archbishopric of Bremen which persisted after the region converted to Lutheranism in the mid-1500's. Finally, as a consequence of the Thirty Years War, the state was secularized and handed over to the king of Sweden and ruled by him until 1719.
Recorded mintage: 145,000.
Specification: silver, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-123.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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