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* [[Brunswick-Calenberg (15)79 1/24 thaler]] = groschen | * [[Brunswick-Calenberg (15)79 1/24 thaler]] = groschen | ||
* city of [[Gottingen 1615 1/24 thaler]] = groschen | * city of [[Gottingen 1615 1/24 thaler]] = groschen | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1616]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1616]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 27 April 2026
This specimen was lot 77250 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamelin. 1/24 Taler (Groschen), 1616. Hamelin Mint. Matthias. NGC AU-58." This town in Brunswick-Luneburg issued thalers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is most famous as the place where the Pied Piper allegedly tooted away all the rats. This type was struck 1612-18 and many varieties exist, particularly in the spelling of the legends.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 1.23 g, silver, 18.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- Craig, William D., 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- Brunswick-Calenberg (15)79 1/24 thaler = groschen
- city of Gottingen 1615 1/24 thaler = groschen
- city of Hameln (16)39 thaler Dav-5384
- Coins and currency dated 1616