Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1609 1/2 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25045

This specimen was lot 25045 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1609. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crowned heart. Heinrich Julius. PCGS AU-58. The only example of the date seen at PCGS, this immensely pleasing and wholesome example from the final years in the reign of Heinrich Julius presents a fairly shaggy rendition of the wildman, with just a hint of striking weakness upon his face. Otherwise, quite well struck and essentially without handling. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This half thaler was struck 1604-13 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-22; Welter-656.

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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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1609 1/2 thaler

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