Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (15)69 1/4 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41246

This specimen was lot 41246 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 "Light" Taler, 1569. Goslar Mint. Julius. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The "light" in the nickname refers to the lamp in the wild man's hand, not the weight.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM MB127; Welter-590.

Source:

• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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