Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1660-HS 1/4 thaler KM-461

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55476

This specimen was lot 55476 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/4 "Houseboy" Taler, 1660-HS. Zellerfeld Mint. August "the Younger". PCGS VF-35. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1659-60 and 1665 and is among the more common quarter thalers of the period. This specimen seems to be a product of the Goslar mint; HS are the initials of mintmaster Henning Schlueter. The "houseboy" thaler acquired its nickname because the wild man appears to be dusting his forest with a broom. The "wild man" design was popular in Brunswick and Hannover at the time and appeared on many different thalers and minors. Duke August II ruled 1634-66.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-461; Welter-840.

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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1660-HS 1/4 thaler KM-461

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