Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1619 1/24 thaler KM-121

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 922

This specimen was lot 922 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL: Friedrich Ulrich, 1613-1634, AR 1 groschen, 1619, PCGS graded AU55." This denomination, listed in the SCWC as a 1/24 thaler, was struck in at least three dozen varieties in 1619. This one is among several depicting a stag and the legend "ORA ET LABORA" ("pray and work"), a message obviously intended for the peasants.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-121, Welter-1295.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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