Pomerania 1681-BA 1/12 thaler

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11334

This specimen was lot 11334 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €85 (about US$89). The catalog description^[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/12 Taler, 1681 - BA. Pommern-Stettin. Karl XI. NGC Fine Details--Bent. Rare mintmark BA (Bastian Altmann). From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck dated 1681-BA, 1681-CS, 1682-BA and 1688-DHM. Sweden partitioned Pomerania with Brandenburg at the peace of Westphalia and ruled her portion until 1815.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver or billon, this specimen 3.01 g.

Catalog reference: KM-283.1, Delzanno-842; SB-146c; Bruun-12381.

Sources:

• Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
• ^[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:

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