Wolgast 1634 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 78485 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. Wolgast. 1/2 Taler, 1634. Stockholm Mint. Gustav II Adolf. NGC EF Details--Cleaned. Struck to commemorate the death of Gustav II. The German state of Wolgast was occupied by Sweden during the Thirty Years' War and remained a dominion of Sweden until 1815. Nice surfaces, with good retention of details and charcoal toning in the protected areas." This commemorative was struck 1633-34 on the death of the Protestant hero Gustavus Adolphus. The series included quarter thaler thru quadruple thaler and double ducat to sixty ducat.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 37.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-M2 (listed under Wolgast); SB-(Wolgast)15; SM-106.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- city of Wolgast 1633 1/2 thaler
- Erfurt 1633 thaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
- Erfurt 1633 double thaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
- Sweden 1633 double riksdaler, on the death of Gustavus Adolphus
- city of Wolgast 1633 3 thaler Dav-LS273, on the removal of the king's bones to Sweden
- 1634 thaler, Bogislav XIV, large bust
- 1634 thaler, Bogislav XIV, small bust
- Coins and currency dated 1634