Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1702-RB 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 73247 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. 1/2 Taler, 1702-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. PCGS EF-40. Displaying an enchanting cabinet tone, this example, with double the number of wildmen, features some pleasing hints of champagne-olive around the devices. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1687, 1691, 1697 and 1702, the two wild men representing the unity of the two dukes.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-575; Welter-2084.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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- 1701-RB half thaler, jont rule
- 1702 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1702 quarter thaler, "wild man"
- 1702 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1702 thaler, on the breaking of fraternal unity
- 1703 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1704 half thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
- Coins and currency dated 1702