1665 Wildman Thaler

By Dean Meyer | June 5, 2026 |

Struck in 1665 at Zellerfeld, in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany), this remarkable silver Wildman Thaler tells the story of a changing Europe and the power of a German state within the Holy Roman Empire. The reverse features the legendary “Wild Man” — a figure from German folklore shown standing with an uprooted…

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