Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1655-HS thaler Dav-6341

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41265
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This specimen was lot 41265 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. "Houseboy" Taler, 1655-HS. Zellerfeld or Goslar Mint. August "the Younger". PCGS AU-53. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The "houseboy" thaler acquired its nickname because the wild man appears to be dusting his forest with a broom. This type was struck 1653-65 and is among the more common thalers of the period.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6341; KM-442.1; Welter-822.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
  • [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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