Stolberg-Wernigerode 1710-IIG 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4404 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,973 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STOLBERG, STOLBERG-WERNIGERODE, GRAFSCHAFT (DIE ÄLTERE LINIE). Ernst allein, 1672-1710. 1/2 Reichstaler 1710, Stolberg, auf seinen Tod. R Prachtexemplar. Schöne Patina, vorzüglich +. (Germany, county of Stolberg-Wernigerode, Ernest, sole rule, 1672-1710, half thaler of 1710, Stolberg mint, on his death. Scarce, cabinet piece, nice patina, extremely fine or better.)"
This commemorative is rare and the SCWC shows no photo. This type is accompanied by a quarter thaler, thaler, double thaler and ducat. The next thaler was issued in 1724.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 53, Friederich 1388.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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