Germany Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Wildman Coins [solved]

I find these interesting – but – out of my price range.

https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=20282

Any member here collect these coins and will share some history with us?

I know next to nothing about the history surrounding them, but I did catalogue quite a lot of them when I was interning with the Fitzwilliam Museum. They definitely count among some of the stranger coins I handled while there.

It'd be interesting to hear if anyone knows their wider context.

Its in German but you can use a online translator
http://www.numispedia.de/Wilder_Mann
In june there will be an auction where Im selling all my Wild Man Taler coins

Quote: "apuking"​Its in German but you can use a online translator
​http://www.numispedia.de/Wilder_Mann
​In june there will be an auction where Im selling all my Wild Man Taler coins

​Wild man



Mythology of the Harz, the legend has a gigantic figure who can uproot trees with bare hands. Presumably, this legend came at the beginning of the 16th century by miners in the Ore mountains in the resin. the mountain town of Wildemann founded in 1529, there followed the Wilder manpit, adit Wilder man and later the pit of wild woman. 1539 the Wilde Mann appears for the first time Henry the younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel on coins of Duke. He is a popular Motif on welf coins until the end of the 18th century.
Historical background The Sage
According to the legend, miners at times of the first settlement of the upper Harz discovered footprints in the mud of the Innerste River. Because they are believed to be far and wide, the only people they went to the lane and encountered two gigantic people. A man and a woman, clothed only with leaves and MOSS Cap. The man was also wearing a long beard who gave him up to the waist and as a weapon a uprooted FIR. They hardly noticed the miners, they fled into the forest. In the aftermath, they were still often seen and even hunted, but nobody was able to follow them.
Only succeeded after several failed attempts to shoot arrows on them people and hurting the wild man with an arrow on the foot. Despite the injury, it came to a hard-fought battle, the man swung a fir tree to the defense and the wild woman defended endeavours with fists and teeth. Finally you managed to escape, the Wilde Mann was overwhelmed and put in irons. Was discovered in the cave of the forest people, and on the basis of the inventories can be seen, that they had eats only raw meat and gathered berries.
Attempt was made to interview the man, but he remained silent and looked only at the direction of his cave. He refused food and drink, you could not force him to physical work. Since no one knew you decided what should happen with him, to bring him to the Duke to Brunswick, to decide the fate of the wild of man to him. However, on the way he died.
Coinciding with his death miners discovered in his cave the first vein. They then called the pit "Wild man". In memory, they planted a Linden tree at the location of his capture. You still stands in front of the Hotel City Hall. On a Blackboard before is to read, the Wilde Mann hit the tree of itself full fury in the Earth.

Here is my one.

12 gros 1731. Unfortunately it is nearly holed. If you really want one, it is available for swap. what can you swap for it?