Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1621 12 kreuzer KM-270

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41260

This specimen was lot 41260 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Kreuzer, 1621. Friedrich Ulrich. PCGS MS-61. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was struck 1619-21 as part of the kipper period at the start of the Thirty Years War. Friedrich Ulrich issued dozens of varieties, many without photographs in the SCWC. The identification of this example as KM 270 is tentative. At this time, twelve kreuzer was theoretically one sixth of a thaler but this issue was almost certainly light weight and debased.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 270, Welter-1082A.

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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