Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1679 24 mariengroschen KM-529

from the Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74458

This specimen was lot 74458 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1679. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August. PCGS AU-58. A lightly circulated example with golden toning just beginning to appear at the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1677-85. Another variety, KM 516 without "V. FEIN SILB." on the reverse, was struck 1674-79.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-529; Welter-1844.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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