Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1610 1/4 thaler KM-5
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This specimen was lot 55439 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 Taler, 1610. Zellerfeld Mint. Heinrich Julius. PCGS VF-35. 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.
- 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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