Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1624-HL 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 73463 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/2 Taler, 1624-HL. Zellerfeld or Goslar Mint. Friedrich Ulrich. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. A charming example of the type with the Wild Man sporting rather ostentatious headgear. The design is complemented by uniform argent white surfaces with splashes of russet beginning to form in the peripheries. Very lightly worn, somewhat softly struck, and engaging. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type is listed for 1614-32 and is common in circulated condition. A variety exists (KM 70) where the wild man holds the uprooted tree in his right hand.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-51; Welter-1061.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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