Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover 1699 24 mariengroschen KM-15

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Künker sale 386, lot 5178

This specimen was lot 5178 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €180 (about US$233 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, Georg I. Ludwig, 1698-1714. 2/3 Taler 1699, Clausthal. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 211, Osnabrück 2012, Nr. 3005. (electorate of Hannover, George Louis, 1698-1714, two-thirds thaler of 1699, Clausthal mint. Extremely fine.)"

This type, with the wild man on the reverse, was struck 1698-1711 and is somewhat scarce. Other gulden for 1699 include KM 17 (leaping stallion reverse) and KM 14 (wild man on obverse). Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 13.07 g.

Catalog reference: KM 15, Dav-418; Welter 2153.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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