Gottingen 1615 1/24 thaler

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4242

This specimen was lot 4242 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €90 (about US$124 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"GÖTTINGEN, STADT 1/24 Taler (Groschen) 1615, mit Titel von Matthias. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. (city of Göttingen, 1/24 thaler or groschen of 1615, struck in the name of Matthias. Extremely fine.)"

This obscure type was struck in substantial quantities 1610, 1614-20 and undated. Göttingen was long part of the Welf domains in Brunswick-Lüneburg. The city gradually asserted its independence from the dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel but eventually succumbed to them in 1512. Ruined during the Thirty Years War, Göttingen passed to Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle in 1634, and thence to the electors of Hannover.

Recorded mintage: 1,307,000.

Specification: 1.32 g, silver, 20.1 mm diameter, this specimen 1,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 10, Schrock 114.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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