Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1605 1/4 thaler KM-5

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74608

This specimen was lot 74608 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 Taler, 1605. Zellerfeld or Osterode Mint; mm: crowned heart. Heinrich Julius. PCGS EF-45. Only lightly handled and very pleasingly toned, this wildman minor presents a great rendition of the floral-clad hermit along with clear details throughout. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Includes ticket from Westfaelische Auktionsgesellschaft as Lot # 481." This quarter thaler was struck 1600-13 and despite the many years of production, is rather scarce. A half thaler (KM 22) also exists.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-5; Welter-664B.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• 1604 "wild man" thaler
• 1604 thaler, St. Andrew reverse
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• 1605 "wild man" double thaler
• 1607 "wild man" half thaler
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