Lubeck 1688 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 11584 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. Lübeck. 2/3 Taler, 1688. Lübeck Mint. August Friedrich. NGC EF-45. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Leopold Welzl v. Wellenheim Collection (Vienna-1846) Lot 5143." 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).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 16.93 g, silver, this specimen 16.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM-62; Lange 508; Bruun-15030.
- 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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