Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1679 4 mariengroschen KM-210
This specimen was lot 5646 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €110 (about US$153 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Johann Friedrich, 1665-1679. 4 Mariengroschen 1679, Clausthal. Ausbeute der Grube St. Andreas. Kl. Zainende, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Erworben 1966 von H. Priesmeier. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, John Frederick, 1665-79, four mariengroschen of 1679, Clausthal mint, for the St. Andrew mine. Slight clip, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This year also saw the issue of a "wild man" design in this denomination (KM 154).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2,23 g.
Catalog reference: KM 210, Müseler 10.4.2/52 a; Welter 1791.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust right, ships sailing right
- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust right, ships sailing left
- 1678 ⅔ thaler, bust left
- 1678-HB thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1679-RB 1/24 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-RB 1/16 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-HB ⅛ thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-HB quarter thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679-RB quarter thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1679-HB ⅓ thaler, bust right
- 1679-RB half thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1679-HB ⅔ thaler, bust right
- MDCLXXIX-HB ⅔ thaler, bust right
- 1679-RB thaler, "EX DURIS GLORIA" at the sides
- 1679-RB thaler, "EX DURIS GLORIA" at the top
- 1679-HB thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 quadruple thaler, death of Johann Friedrich
- 1679 thaler, on the death of Johann Friedrich
- 1680-HB thaler, "leaping stallion"
- 1680-RB double thaler, bust obverse
- Coins and currency dated 1679