Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1728-EPH 2/3 thaler

from Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1154

This specimen was lot 1154 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $82.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL: August Wilhelm, 1714-1731, AR ⅔ thaler, Zellerfeld, 1728 EPH, NGC graded VF35." This type was struck 1716-30 and is rather expensive in nice condition. One sixth thalers (KM 754) and single thalers (Dav-2127) were also struck with this design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-349, KM-757.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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