Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1675-IPE thaler Dav-6379
This specimen was lot 73231 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Taler, 1675-IPE. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Very lightly cleaned as noted, this handsomely toned wildman crown yields excellent overall detail with some deepening of color nearer the edges and with some hints of brilliance emerging from the recesses. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1667-83 for Rudolf August and is common. Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel is famous for its long series of wild man thalers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6379; KM-502; Welter-1840.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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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