Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1675 12 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 41350 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 12 Mariengroschen, 1675. Zellerfeld Mint. Johann Friedrich I. PCGS AU-58. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Per the SCWC, this type, equal to one-third thaler, was struck 1669-79. There are also twelve mariengroschen such as KM 167 (leaping stallion reverse). 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.
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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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