Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1598 thaler Dav-9091

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Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55417
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This specimen was lot 55417 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1598. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. From the Collection of Richard Evans Norton (1872-1946)." This type of 1597-98 is listed as common. On the obverse, a Christlike figure cries, "VERITAS VINCIT OMNIA/CALVMNIA MENDACTVM" ("The truth shall overcome all lies"). The reverse admonishes, "RECTE FACIENDO NEMINEM TIMEAS" ("Do right and fear none"). The duke issued a number of other message thalers at this time as he attempted to crush a troublemaking nobility.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9091; KM-MB290; Welter-629.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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