Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1599 1/2 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25043

This specimen was lot 25043 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1599. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-53. A rather charming and pleasing minor denomination, this original specimen offers an enticing tone and solid overall detail remaining on the wildman. 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.

Source:

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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