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[[Image:K354-5427.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 5427]]

This specimen was lot 5427 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €440 (about US$612 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. 1/4 Reichstaler 1613, Zellerfeld, auf seinen Tod am 20. Juli. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 77, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 1851.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel|duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Henry Julius, 1589-1613, quarter thaler of 1613, Zellerfeld mint, on his death on July 20. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel issued dozens of different thalers in the seventeenth century, many featuring the mythical "wild man" of the forest. This quarter thaler commemorates the death of the duke. It was accompanied by an eighth thaler (KM 41), half thaler (KM 44), single thaler ([[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1613 thaler Dav-6298|KM 46/Dav-6298]]) and double thaler (KM 48/Dav-6297).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 7,13 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 42, Welter 665. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1611 1/4 thaler|1611 quarter thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1611 1/2 thaler|1611 "wild man" half thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1612 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS33a|1612 1½ thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1612 2 thaler Dav-LS32a|1612 double thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1612 3 thaler Dav-LS31|1612 triple thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1612 4 thaler Dav-LS30|1612 quadruple thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1613 thaler Dav-6285|1613 thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1613 thaler Dav-6298|1613 thaler, on the death of the duke]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1613 thaler Dav-A6303|1613 thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1613-34) 1-1/4 thaler Dav-6311|(1613-34) 1¼ thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1614 thaler Dav-A6303|1614 thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1618 1/4 thaler|1618 quarter thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1613]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]