View source for Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH 1/3 thaler

[[Image:Brunswick K293-562.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 562]]

This specimen was lot 562 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €220 (about US$297 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. 1/3 Taler 1727, Zellerfeld. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, one-third thaler of 1727, Zellerfeld mint. Handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1716-30 and is common. The concurrent "wild man" coin of the same weight was the twelve mariengroschen ([[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH 12 mariengroschen|KM 730]]).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' Welter 2389, KM 755. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017. 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 

''Link to:''
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1723-EPH 1/6 thaler|1723 "leaping stallion" 1/6 thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH 2 mariengroschen KM-779|1727-EPH "wild man" 2 mariengroschen]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH 12 mariengroschen|1727-EPH 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH thaler Dav-2126|1727-EPH thaler, wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-EPH thaler Dav-2127|1727 "leaping stallion" thaler]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1727-HCH thaler Dav-2135|1727-HCH thaler, bust obverse/wild man reverse]]
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1729-IHT ducat Fr-694|1729 ducat]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1727]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]