2022-03-04 Fri

One of the most famous Germanic coins is the “Wildman taler.” Wildman taler was influenced by pagan tradition in the Harz Mountain region of Germany, where the wildman appears in folklore and other forms of art but not many coins feature this pagan mythological creature.

The Wildman, according to Germanic Coinages was the medieval European equivalent of the American Bigfoot or Sasquatch. Typical Wildman coins show a gigantic beast, usually hairy and muscled, wearing a loincloth of leaves, with only its hands and feet free of fur. The creature is often seen grasping the trunk of a tree, sometimes with a city or forest in the background.

One of the marquee Wildman coins in the auction is the 1605 silver double reichstaler struck for Heinrich Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. In Very Fine condition, the coin has an estimate of 2,000 Euros.

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