Stralsund 1677-HIH 2/3 thaler KM-159
This specimen was lot 11331 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €288 (about US$300). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2/3 Taler, 1677 - HIH. Stralsund Mint. Karl XI. NGC VF-30. Old ink inventory number on obverse. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex: Leopold Welzl v. Wellenheim Collection (Vienna-1846) Lot # 6844." This type was struck 1677-80 during the peak of the fad for gulden or two-thirds thalers. This gulden was struck in three different styles: KM 158, KM 159 (shown here) and KM 160, varying in the position of the date. Heinrich Johann Hille was mintmaster at Stralsund 1662-1705, Stettin 1666-71 and Rostock 1692-93. Stralsund, in the duchy of Pomerania, was a member of the Hanseatic League but fell under Swedish rule 1637-1815, when the port passed to Prussia. Some of the minors are listed fairly inexpensively.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, 38 mm diameter, this specimen 18.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM-159, Dav-1009, Delzanno-1057; SB-51; Bruun-12355.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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