Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1606 thaler Dav-6285

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Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55422
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This specimen was lot 55422 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. Taler, 1606. Goslar Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-53." This "wild man" thaler was struck 1600-13 and is the most common thaler of this state for the first half of the seventeenth century. It was struck at Goslar and Zellerfeld.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6285; KM-7; Welter-645A.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [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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