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[[Image:Bremen K335-3860.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 3860]]

This specimen was lot 3860 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €220 (about US$288 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BREMEN, STADT. Schwaren 1781. R Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], city of [[German States, Bremen|Bremen]], schwaren of 1781. Scarce, cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1719-20, 1726, 1730-32, 1740-41, 1768, 1781, 1797. One thaler = 72 groten.

''Recorded mintage:'' 219,000.

''Specification:'' copper or maybe billon, this specimen 1.40 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 166, Jungk 1181.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Bremen 1765-RDDB 1/2 grote]]
* [[Bremen 1781-OHK 1/2 groten]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1781]]

[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]]