Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1668 12 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41268

This specimen was lot 41268 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen (1/3 Taler), 1668. Rudolph August. PCGS AU-53. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1668-84 and is uncommon. Twelve mariengroschen made one third of a thaler or half a gulden. No mintmaster appears on this coin. The equivalent one-third thaler with the leaping stallion reverse did not appear until 1693.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-504; Welter-1848.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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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