Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1676-WE 2/3 thaler KM-A106
This specimen was lot 962 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN: Christian Ludwig I, 1658-1692, AR 2/3 thaler, 1676, initials WE, uneven but beautiful toning, XF, ex Jess Peters Auction, December 8, 1982, Lot 1445 (with tag); ex The Bleyer Collection." This windswept and sandy state on the Baltic state never struck much coinage and this type, struck 1675-78 and 1688, is typically scarce. It was struck at the peak of the fad for gulden or two-thirds thalers. Christian Ludwig converted to Catholicism in 1663, to the horror of his subjects, and never returned to his domain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 17.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM-A106, Dav-667.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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