Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1594 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 73205 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1594. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. A SCARCER, earlier type, this wildman minor presents a high degree of detail remaining, with some cleaning as noted, but an alluring re-tone beginning to take hold. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This "spectacles" half thaler was struck 1594-99 and is somewhat available tho rare in choice condition. Thalers and quarter thalers with this design also appeared in the 1590's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB265; Welter-649.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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