Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1705 24 mariengroschen KM-656
This specimen was lot 55509 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1705. Zellerfeld Mint. Anton Ulrich. About Uncirculated Details -- Scratched. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Anton Ulrich had been co-ruler of the duchy with his older brother Rudolf August from 1685 until Rudolf August's death in 1704, whereupon Anton Ulrich ruled alone until 1714. This gulden has the duke's name on the wild man side while KM 685, struck 1705-14, has the duke's name on the value side. A third gulden, KM 615, features a leaping stallion.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-343; KM-656; Welter 2308.
- 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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- 1704 24 mariengroschen, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich
- 1704 24 mariengroschen, Anton Ulrich alone
- 1705 6 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1705 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA"
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man, "CONSTANTER"
- 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
- 1706 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- Coins and currency dated 1705