Wismar 1664 1/24 thaler

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11310
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Wismar in 1648, east of Ratzeburg, from Droysen's atlas

This specimen was lot 11310 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €65 (about US$68). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 1/24 Taler, 1664. Wismar Mint. Karl XI. NGC AU Details--Mount Removed. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." Wismar was ceded to Sweden in 1648 and remained until Swedish control until it was sold to the duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1803. Numista lists this as a groschen but a "24" appears on the reverse. This type was struck 1650-72 and has a low catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-80; Delzanno-1146; SB-36; Bruun-12180.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • 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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