Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1575 thaler Dav-9060
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This specimen was lot 45677 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $671. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1575. Goslar Mint. Julius. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. From the Heisner Collection from Down Under." This type was struck 1570-76. The "light" refers to the candle in the wild man's hand, not the coin's weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9060; KM-MB138.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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