Wismar Taler of 1673 One of Many Highlights in Stack's Bowers L.E. Bruun Part II Auction

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Wismar Taler of 1673 One of Many Highlights in Stack's Bowers L.E. Bruun Part II Auction

1673-HR Wismar Thaler. Image: Stack’s Bowers/CoinWeek. By Henrik Berndt – Senior Numismatist, Stack’s Bowers Galleries ……   It has long been customary to put patron saints on coins, and so it was for the German City of Wismar. Situated on the German Baltic coast, tucked in behind the small island of Poel, Wismar was founded in 1226. As a part of the powerful Hanseatic League, it grew rich, and on several occasions was conquered by German states …