Lubeck 1678 2/3 thaler KM-62

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11582
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city and bishopric of Lübeck in 1648

This specimen was lot 11582 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €145 (about US$151). The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. 2/3 Taler, 1678. Lübeck Mint. August Friedrich. NGC EF-40. Old ink inventory [number]. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Leopold Wenzl v. Wellenheim Collection (Copenhagen-1880) Lot # 5140." The bishopric of Lübeck was established in the twelfth century. Like most of northern Germany, including the separate free city of Lübeck, it went over to Lutheranism in the mid-sixteenth century and all its bishops were Lutherans after 1586. August Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp (born 1646, ruled 1666-1705) was the Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck. This type was struck 1678 and 1688 at the peak of the fad for striking gulden (two-thirds thalers). Another gulden of 1678 (KM 61) had the bishop's monogram instead of his bust.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 16.93 g, silver, this specimen 16.21 g.

Catalog reference: KM-62; Dav-621, Bruun-15015.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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