Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1611 1/2 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25046

This specimen was lot 25046 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/2 Taler, 1611. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crowned heart. Heinrich Julius. PCGS MS-61. KM-22; Welter-656. Enticingly detailed, especially upon the furry and facially follicled wildman, this Mint State specimen sports a deep, elegant cabinet tone and even possesses some hints of brilliance in the fields. 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:

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, 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 1611 1/2 thaler

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