Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1690 24 mariengroschen KM-559
This specimen was lot 55494 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1690. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. Extremely Fine Details -- Cleaned. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Rudolf August was the older brother and inherited the title on the death of August II in 1666. Interested in art and hunting, he delegated affairs of state to his brother Anton Ulrich, a situation he formalized in 1685 by making him co-ruler. Two different gulden were struck in 1690: KM 559, shown here, was struck 1685-1704; and KM 586, with a leaping stallion reverse, struck 1690-93, and slightly scarcer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-559; Welter-2079.
- 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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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