Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1695 12 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 74623 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1695. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: three stars. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. PCGS MS-63. Just a hint of striking weakness is observed on this otherwise highly attractive and exceedingly Choice minor, presenting mostly gray surfaces and rather intense golden-magenta toning near the edges--an aspect that comes alive when cradled back and forth in one's hand. 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. The equivalent one-third thaler with the leaping stallion reverse (KM 612) exists but is very rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-570; Welter-2086.
- 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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