Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1667 4 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 5619 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €120 (about US$167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Georg Wilhelm, 1665-1705. 4 Mariengroschen 1667, Zellerfeld. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Lagerliste Laugwitz & Co. 26, Berlin 1976, Nr. 435. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, George William, 1665-1705, four mariengroschen of 1667, Zellerfeld mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was also struck in 1666. Four mariengroschen = 1/9 thaler. On George William's death in 1705, the line lapsed and the territory passed to Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.71 g.
Catalog reference: KM 270, Welter 1614.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1665-LW 1/24 thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1665-LW 1/16 thaler, leaping stallion reverse
- 1665-LW ⅛ thaler, death of the duke
- 1665-LW quarter thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1665-LW half thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1665-HS thaler, wild man reverse
- 1665 thaler, leaping stallion obverse
- 1665-HS thaler, on the death of the duke
- 1665-HS triple thaler, for the Harz mines, wild man reverse
- Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1667 4 mariengroschen
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1668 4 mariengroschen KM-87, leaping stallion reverse
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1668 6 mariengroschen KM-120.2, wild man reverse
- 1673-RD 1/24 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1667