Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1591 thaler Dav-9072

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72274

This specimen was lot 72274 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $587.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Thaler, 1591. Heinrich Julius (1589-1613). PCGS EF-40 Secure Holder. Good strike with attractive toning." This type was issued 1590-94 and is fairly common for the period.

Reported Mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9072.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1588 brillen thaler
• 1590 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1592 thaler, bust obverse
• Coins and currency dated 1591
• return to coinage of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel