Stolberg-Wernigerode 1672-IB 8 gute groschen

Steve Album sale 51, lot 999

Stolberg in 1789, with Wernigerode to the northwest near Halberstadt

This specimen was lot 999 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE: Heinrich Ernst I, 1638-1672, AR 8 gute groschen (1/3 thaler), 1672, initials IB, two-year type, PCGS graded AU55, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This county was the result of a partition of Stolberg in 1645. The family survived into the Wilhelmine empire but lost its sovereignty to mediatization in 1807. This type was struck 1671-72.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-27.

Sources:

• 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.

Links:

• 1652-IK thaler
• 1672-IB thaler, on the death of the count
• Coins and currency dated 1672