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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1599) thaler Dav-9094|(1599) "pelican" thaler]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1599) thaler Dav-9094|(1599) "pelican" thaler]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1599 thaler Dav-9096|1599 "unity" thaler]]
 
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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1600 thaler Dav-6285|1600 "wild man" thaler]]
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* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1600 thaler Dav-6285|1600 thaler, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1601 1/4 thaler|1601 quarter thaler, wild man reverse]]
 
* [[Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1601 1/4 thaler|1601 quarter thaler, wild man reverse]]
 
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[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]
 
[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]

Revision as of 12:01, 7 June 2023

from Künker sale 354, lot 5421

This specimen was lot 5421 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM. Heinrich Julius, 1589-1613. 1/4 Reichstaler 1599, Goslar. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Carl Schwalbach, Leipzig, Auktion H. S. Rosenberg 18, Hannover 1913, Nr. 97; der Slg. Virgil M. Brand, Teil 5, Auktion Leu 70, Zürich 1997, Nr. 6093 und Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 15, Dortmund 2000, Nr. 736. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Julius, 1589-1613, quarter thaler of 1599, Goslar mint. Handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1594-99 along with MB 282 and MB 296.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 7.12 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB 263, Welter 661.

Source:

  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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