Schwarzburg-Arnstadt 1676 2/3 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41393

part of Schwarzburg in 1789, showing Arnstadt in the NW part of Sondershausen ("S.S.")

This specimen was lot 41393 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schwarzburg-Arnstadt. 2/3 Taler, 1676. Anton Guenther II. PCGS AU-50. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The third Schwarzburg-Arnstadt line was founded 1642 but fell extinct in 1716 with the death of Anton Gunther II. The state was merged back into Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. This type was struck 1676-78 and is fairly common; the thalers from this state are very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-20.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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