Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1697-DF 6 mariengroschen KM-622
This specimen was lot 5499 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €150 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. 6 Mariengroschen 1697, Wolfenbüttel. Mit Signatur D x F · (Damian Fritsch, Münzmeister in Wolfenbüttel 1697). Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Ahlers, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 39, Osnabrück 1997, Nr. 3250. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, six mariengroschen of 1697, Wolfenbüttel mint, with initials "D x F". Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1696-97 and was worth one sixth of a thaler. Similar 12 mariengroschen (one-third thaler) and 24 mariengroschen (two-thirds thaler or gulden) were struck.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 5,71 g.
Catalog reference: KM 622 (unlisted mintmaster), Welter Nachtrag 2097.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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