Bremen 1749 24 grote

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 45675

This specimen was lot 45675 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $244. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bremen. 24 Grote, 1749. Emperor Franz I. PCGS AU-53." This one year type is scarce. One wonders why, after going to the trouble of making dies and so forth, they made so few. This coin was worth one-third thaler. This port on the North Sea was in decline in the eighteenth century, as reflected in its scanty coinage. It revived after the Napoleonic Wars as Germany began to industrialize.

Recorded mintage: 1,890.

Specification: silver, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-195.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

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