Stolberg-Stolberg 1620-IK 1/24 thaler
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This specimen was lot 3005 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "STOLBERG-STOLBERG: Wolfgang Georg, 1612-1631, AR groschen (1/24 thaler), Wernigerode, 1620, initials IK, two-year type, PCGS graded AU58." The regular groschen was around 1.5 g and struck from good silver. This is the kipper version of 1620-21 and weighed only 0.5-0.8 g and was likely debased. The "Z4" in the orb on the reverse indicates the value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 0.9 g, billon, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 1.26 g.
Catalog reference: KM-28.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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