Nordhausen 1660-IK 1/24 thaler
This specimen was lot 22613 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Nordhausen. 1/24 Taler (Groschen), 1660-IK. NGC MS-62. A VERY RARE and seldom seen issue, this near choice minor exhibits a fairly sharp strike and immensely pleasing cabinet tone. The first of this type which we have offered." Nordhausen was a small and obscure imperial free city surrounded by Hannover, Prussia and Saxony. We have filed it under its nearest neighbor, Stolberg. It was annexed to Prussia during Napoleon's rearrangement of Germany. It issued a few coins in the seventeenth century, all rare. This type is not mentioned in the SCWC, which lists a thaler (KM 32) and double thaler (KM 33) for 1660.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM Unlisted; Lejeune-92.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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