View source for Oldenburg 1667 1/8 thaler

[[Image:SB225-11591o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11591]]
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[[Image:Jever 1786.JPG|550px|thumb|Jever and Oldenburg in 1786]]

This specimen was lot 11591 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €288 (about US$300). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. Oldenburg. 1/8 Taler, 1667. Jever Mint. Anton Günther. NGC AU Details--Cleaned. Struck on the death of Anton Günter in 1667. From the L. E. Bruun Collection. Ex. Leopold Welzl v. Wellenheim Collection (Vienna-1846) Lot # 4943." Anton Günther, [[German States, Oldenburg|count of Oldenburg]] 1603-67, was also [[German States, Jever|lord of Jever]], where this coin was struck. After his death, Jever passed to the dukes of Anhalt-Zerbst and Oldenburg to the kings of Denmark. This type was struck in 1667 along with a [[Oldenburg 1667 1/4 thaler|quarter]], half and one thaler and a double ducat.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': silver, this specimen 3.35 g. 

''Catalog reference'': KM-90; Merzdorf-315; Bruun-15104. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Oldenburg (1603-67) 1/4 mark]]
* [[Oldenburg (1619-22) thaler Dav-7109]]
* [[Oldenburg (1649-51) 28 stuber|(1649-51) 28 stuber]]
* [[Oldenburg 1660 1/36 thaler|1660 1/36 thaler, Jever mint]]
* [[Oldenburg 1664 ducat Fr-1930|1664 ducat]]
* [[Oldenburg 1667 1/4 thaler|1667 quarter thaler, Jever mint, on the death of the count]]
* [[Jever 1667 thaler Dav-6031|1667 thaler, Johann Rudolf von Anhalt-Zerbst]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1667]]

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