Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1691 12 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41277
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This specimen was lot 41277 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1691. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: three stars. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1686-1703 and is uncommon. Twelve mariengroschen made one third of a thaler or half a gulden. No mintmaster appears on this coin. Another twelve mariengroschen featuring the leaping stallion (KM 585) was struck 1690-91.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-570; Welter-2086.

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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