Over the past decades, Rainer Opitz collected some 6,000 objects related to the Reformation. They are planned to be published in the form of a comprehensive catalog this year. A small part of them, 1,000 lots, will be auctioned on September 27, 2017. The spectrum ranges from coins of Luther’s contemporaries to medals related to the commemoration of the Reformation. The focus covers all of Europe. The price spectrum ranges from two-digit- to five-digit figures. And so every collector will find something to his liking. We would like to single out only three spectacular pieces:
• In 1647, a löser was struck for Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Celle that expressed the desire for peace of the time prior to the Peace of Westphalia. The reverse features two miners hugging.
• The city of Nuremberg is represented by a gorgeous silver medallion by Sebastian Dadler. Produced in 1649, it commemorates the fulfilling of the conditions stipulated in the Peace of Westphalia.
