Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1534 1/2 thaler KM-MB29
This specimen was lot 5007 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €6,000 (about US$7,753 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich der Jüngere, 1514-1568. 1/2 Taler 1534, Riechenberg. Von größter Seltenheit. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Justizrath Reimmann, Auktion Adoph Hess, Frankfurt/Main, März 1892, Nr. 3339 und der Slg. Dr. Werner Koch, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 273, Frankfurt/Main 1970, Nr. 18. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Henry the Younger, 1514-68, half thaler of 1534, Riechenberg mint. Extremely rare, fine patina, extremely fine.)"
This very rare type is not priced in the SCWC. Another half thaler of 1534 (KM MB37) features the duke's bust on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.61 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB29, Welter 409.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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