Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1626-HS 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 74612 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/4 Taler, 1626-HS. Zellerfeld or Goslar Mint. Friedrich Ulrich. PCGS EF-45. Presenting a mostly gray background, this lightly handled and entirely wholesome piece offers some alluring iridescence around the devices of the coat-of-arms. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This quarter thaler was struck 1614-29 and despite the many years of production, is rather scarce. A one-eighth thaler (KM 167) and half thaler (KM 51) also exist. In 1626, another quarter thaler marking the death of the duke's mother (KM 362) was struck.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-50; Welter-1068.
- 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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