Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1639-HS 1/8 thaler
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This specimen was lot 73229 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/8 Taler, 1639. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crossed keys between HS. August 'the Younger'. PCGS AU-50. Deeply toned and lightly handled, this example stands as a solid representative of the type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1637-41 and 1647 and is the last of the denomination that can be called common, altho one-eighth thalers were struck occasionally until 1730. The wild man last appeared on KM 746 of 1723.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-394; Welter-843.
- 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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