Bremen 1840 36 grote

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 850

This specimen was lot 850 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "BREMEN: Free Hanseatic City, AR 36 grote, 1840, a wonderful mint state example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This coin equalled half a thaler. It was struck 1840-41, 1845-46 and 1859 and is somewhat expensive.

Recorded mintage: 170,076.

Specification: 8.77 g, 0.986 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-233, Cr-21.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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