Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704 24 mariengroschen KM-559
This specimen was lot 55499 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, 1704. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August & Anton Ulrich. About Uncirculated Details -- Cleaned. No inner circle on obverse, legend variation. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Four different gulden were struck in 1704 for Rudolph August and Anton Ulrich: KM 559, shown here, struck 1685-1704, common; and KM 615, with a leaping stallion reverse, struck 1694-1705, scarce; KM 655 1704 only; and KM 656 (wild man) struck 1704-05. The two brothers ruled together until Rudolph's death in 1704, whereupon Anton Ulrich ruled alone.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-559; Welter-2079.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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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