Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1604 1/4 thaler KM-5
This specimen was lot 73643 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Wolfenbuttel. 1/4 Taler, 1604. Goslar Mint; mm: heart on crossed mining tools. Heinrich Julius. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. This example exhibits medium gray surfaces with a thin layer of champagne throughout. Slightly unevenly struck in the legends, likely due to the flan being slightly thin toward the one edge. Nonetheless, a solid example of this early type with particular clarity in the arms of the reverse and a bold Wild Man. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." 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-664A.
- 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 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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