Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1670 12 mariengroschen KM-136
This specimen was lot 73278 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 12 Mariengroschen, 1670. Zellerfeld Mint. Johann Friedrich. PCGS AU-55. Presenting a wildman in a rather defiant stance, this near-Mint specimen retains excellent overall detail, sporting an alluring tone that deepens as one approaches the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1669-72 and 1675-79 and was worth one-third thaler or one half gulden. For 1670, there is also KM 123 with a leaping stallion reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-136; Welter-1765.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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- 1668 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
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- 1670-LW thaler, leaping stallion
- 1670-LW 1½ thaler, for the Harz mines
- 1672 12 mariengroschen, leaping stallion reverse
- 1672 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
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