Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1600 1/2 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55432

This specimen was lot 55432 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1600. Zellerfeld Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS EF-40. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1600-04 and is fairly common for a half thaler. Heinrich Depsern (Andreasberg) and Heinrich Oeckeler (Goslar mint) both stamped this coin in 1600.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-6; Welter-655A.

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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1600 1/2 thaler

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