Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1607 1/4 thaler KM-5

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55438

This specimen was lot 55438 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 Taler, 1607/6. Zellerfeld Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS VF-35. Overdate variety. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This quarter thaler was struck 1600-13 and, despite the many years of production, is rather scarce. A half thaler (KM 22) also exists along with a quarter thaler with a St. Andrew reverse (KM 8).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-5; Welter-664B.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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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• 1605 quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• 1606 ⅛ thaler, wild man reverse
• 1606 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1607 half thaler, wild man reverse
• 1607 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1607 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
• 1608 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1608 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
• 1608 triple thaler
• 1610 quarter thaler, wild man reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1607