Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1715-HH 1/4 thaler

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74629

This specimen was lot 74629 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/4 Taler, 1715. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crossed axes between HH. August Wilhelm. PCGS AU-50. An elegant fractional issue in silver, this pleasingly toned example displays only light handling and a hint of striking weakness, but also offers charming color and some subtle brilliance in the protected areas. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1715-21 and is not common. Mintmaster HH appears 1711-19.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-748; Welter-2391.

Source:

Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1715-HH 1/4 thaler

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