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[[Image:SB1125-77233o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77233]]
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This specimen was lot 77233 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Cologne|Cologne]]. 2/3 Taler, 1695. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. From the G. L. Hermann Collection." This type was struck 1693-95 and 1700 by the city, not the archbishop. The initials "PN" are divided by the arms on the obverse.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 17.1 g, silver, 37-38 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' Dav-473; KM-396. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''Silver Gulden, 1559-1763,'' Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* archbishop of [[Cologne 1694-NL 2/3 thaler]]
* archbishop of [[Cologne 1696 3 ducats Fr-828a]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1695]]

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