GERMAN STATES, BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL 1 1/2 Taler 1625, Zellerfeld. 43.44 g. Lösertype. Mintmaster Herman Schlanbusch. Struck from the yield of the St. Jacob mine at Lautenthal Obv.: A five-helmeted, eleven-fielded coat of arms of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel under Duke Friedrich Ulrich. To the right, a wild man stands holding a tree trunk as a shield-bearer. The split date 16 - 25 is positioned at the top above the heraldic crests. Flanking the base of the shield are the small mintmaster initials H - S. The legend around the outer border reads FRIDERICUS ULRICUS DEI GRATIA DUX BRUNSUICENSIS ET LUNEBURG. Rev.: Saint Jacob the Elder standing facing forward on a flower-covered ground, wearing a pilgrim hat while holding a pilgrim staff and a book. Above his head is the name of Jehovah in Hebrew characters within a radiant sunburst. An empty cartouche without a value punch rests below his feet, flanked by the initials H - Z for the Zellerfeld die engraver Hermann Zindel. The inner fields contain the split text SINE DEO NIHIL - FELICITER SUCCEDIT. The outer legend reads SIV DEO NIL FELI SUCCE S CENSIS L LUNEBUI. Of the utmost rarity. Only the second known specimen,. small planchet flaw on the reverse. Dav. 57z, Ex. Collection F. Popken, Künker 346, 28.01.2021, lot 108, ticket enclosed Grade: VF/EF