Lubeck 1723-AW sechsling
This specimen was lot 11585 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Lübeck. Sechsling, 1723 - AW. Lübeck Mint. Christian August. NGC AU Details--Environmental Damage. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." 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. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp (born 1673, ruled 1706-26) was the Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck. This type was struck 1723-24 and was worth 1/96 of a thaler. Mintmaster Andreas Woltereck worked in Eutin and Osnabrück 1702-1724.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: billon, this specimen 0.78 g.
Catalog reference: KM-76; Lange 515; Bruun-15043.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
Link to:
- bishop of Lubeck 1724-III sechsling
- bishop of Lubeck 1724-JJJ 6 schilling
- bishop of Lubeck 1724 thaler Dav-2409
- Coins and currency dated 1723