Goslar 1674-CHS 16 gute groschen
This specimen was lot 1187 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$217 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, GOSLAR, Ville, AR 16 Gute Groschen (2/3 Taler), 1674. D/ Aigle éployée, t. à g. R/ Valeur et date dans le champ. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau. (Germany, city of Goslar, silver sixteen gute groschen of 1674. Obverse: eagle displayed, head to left; reverse: value and date. Slightly weakly struck, Very Fine.)"
This obscure type was struck 1674-75 and is pretty scarce. Sixteen gute groschen was a gulden or two-thirds of a thaler. Goslar was an imperial city surrounded by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and often acted as a mint for the dukes of that state. The city minted an extensive series of minor coinage in the seventeenth century but no thalers are listed in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 19,07 g.
Catalog reference: KM 67, Buck/Büttner/Kluge 305; Dav-528.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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