Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1543 groschen

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, part of lot 22681

This specimen was part of lot 22681 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), which sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Octet of Silver Minors (8 Pieces), 1530-1861. All NGC Certified. ...2) Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1543 Groschen, Friedrich II, NGC AU-58. ...A good mix of types that mostly would have circulated in Silesia and western POLAND." Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM MB18.

Source:

• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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• Glatz 1541 groschen = 1/8 thaler
• 1541 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1543