Bremen 1643-TI 1/2 thaler

Steve Album sale 51, lot 849

city and archbishopric of Bremen in 1648

This specimen was lot 849 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BREMEN: Free City, AR 1/2 thaler, 1643, TI=Thomas Eisenbein mintmaster, once lightly cleaned and re-toned, VF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This is a rare type altho this example realized only two-fifths of the catalog value. Frederick III of Denmark, Lutheran archbishop of Bremen, also struck coins in 1643.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 14.5 g, silver, 34 mm diameter, this specimen 14.09 g.

Catalog reference KM-107.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• 1641-TI thaler
• Bremen 1643-PT 1/16 speciedaler, struck by the archbishop
• 1650 half thaler
• 1650-TI thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1643