Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1598 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 25042 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1598. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-50. A bit of uneven toning is observed, giving this minor some highlighting around the head of the wildman, but this elegant example otherwise stands as a charming and pleasing survivor of the type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This half thaler was struck 1594-99 and is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB265; Welter-649.
- 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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