Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1705 24 mariengroschen KM-685

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41284
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This specimen was lot 41284 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1705. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: three stars. Anton Ulrich. PCGS AU-58. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1705-14 and is fairly common. Twenty-four mariengroschen made two thirds of a thaler or one gulden. No mintmaster appears on this coin. Another 24 mariengroschen was struck 1694-1705 featuring the leaping stallion (KM 615).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-685; Welter-2309.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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