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[[Image:JE149-1309.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 149, lot 1309]] | [[Image:JE149-1309.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 149, lot 1309]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 1309 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, STRALSUND, sous domination suédoise, Charles XI (1660-1697), AR 1/3 Taler, 1677. D/ Emblème de la ville au-dessus de la valeur. R/ Croix ornée. Très Beau.'' ([[Germany]], city of Stralsund, under Swedish domination, Charles XI, 1660-97, silver one third thaler of 1677. Obverse: emblem of the town below the value; reverse: ornate cross. Very Fine.)"</blockquote> A similar half gulden exists (KM 156) with a cross moline on the reverse. This type was struck 1677-78 during the peak of the fad for gulden or two-thirds thalers. Stralsund, in the duchy of [[German States, Pomerania|Pomerania]], was a member of the Hanseatic League but fell under Swedish rule 1637-1815, when the port passed to Prussia. Some of the minors are listed fairly inexpensively. | + | This specimen was lot 1309 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, STRALSUND, sous domination suédoise, Charles XI (1660-1697), AR 1/3 Taler, 1677. D/ Emblème de la ville au-dessus de la valeur. R/ Croix ornée. Très Beau.'' ([[Germany]], city of Stralsund, under Swedish domination, Charles XI, 1660-97, silver one third thaler of 1677. Obverse: emblem of the town below the value; reverse: ornate cross. Very Fine.)"</blockquote> A similar half gulden exists (KM 156) with a cross moline on the reverse. This type was struck 1677-78 during the peak of the fad for gulden or two-thirds thalers. Heinrich Johann Hille was mintmaster at Stralsund 1662-1705, Stettin 1666-71 and Rostock 1692-93. Stralsund, in the duchy of [[German States, Pomerania|Pomerania]], was a member of the Hanseatic League but fell under Swedish rule 1637-1815, when the port passed to Prussia. Some of the minors are listed fairly inexpensively. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[Stralsund 1666 ducat Fr-3370|1666 ducat]] | * [[Stralsund 1666 ducat Fr-3370|1666 ducat]] | ||
* [[Stralsund 1674-HIH 1/96 thaler|1674-HIH 1/96 thaler]] | * [[Stralsund 1674-HIH 1/96 thaler|1674-HIH 1/96 thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Stralsund 1677-HIH 2/3 thaler KM-159|1677-HIH ⅔ thaler, cross moline on reverse]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1677]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1677]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 149]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 149]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:22, 9 April 2025
This specimen was lot 1309 in Jean Elsen sale 149 (Brussels, December 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, STRALSUND, sous domination suédoise, Charles XI (1660-1697), AR 1/3 Taler, 1677. D/ Emblème de la ville au-dessus de la valeur. R/ Croix ornée. Très Beau. (Germany, city of Stralsund, under Swedish domination, Charles XI, 1660-97, silver one third thaler of 1677. Obverse: emblem of the town below the value; reverse: ornate cross. Very Fine.)"
A similar half gulden exists (KM 156) with a cross moline on the reverse. This type was struck 1677-78 during the peak of the fad for gulden or two-thirds thalers. Heinrich Johann Hille was mintmaster at Stralsund 1662-1705, Stettin 1666-71 and Rostock 1692-93. Stralsund, in the duchy of Pomerania, was a member of the Hanseatic League but fell under Swedish rule 1637-1815, when the port passed to Prussia. Some of the minors are listed fairly inexpensively.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.64 g, silver, 30-31 mm diameter, this specimen 9,30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 155, A.A.J. 64.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 149: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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