Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1576 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 41247 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 "Light" Taler, 1576. Goslar Mint. Julius. PCGS EF-45. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1570-82 and is more available than several later types such as KM MB263 and KM 5. 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 MB134; Welter-591.
- 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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