Watch List notes:

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Christian, Bishop of Halberstadt (1617-26), so-called 'pfaffenfeindgoldgulden', 1622, obv., legend, rev., tovt avec diev, arm with vambrace and gauntlet emerging from clouds holding sword, 3.21g (F. 636 [as 'ducat']; Welter 1376 [as 'ducat']), of correct weight for goldgulden, very fine and very rare Mad Christian of Halberstadt established a mercenary army in 1621 on behalf of the Winter King Friedrich V of the Palatinate. From his base in Lippstadt he attacked Mnster, Paderborn and Liesborn before joining forces with the army of Count Ernst von Mansfeld.

Estimate: 10000-15000 GBP