Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1717-HH 12 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 74630 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1717. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crossed axes between HH. August Wilhelm. PCGS AU-58. Quite well struck and pleasingly toned, with some alluring hints of brilliance residing in the protected areas and hardly any evidence of any handling. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was one half gulden or one third of a thaler. This type was struck 1714-31 and is common. Mintmaster HH appears 1711-19. The concurrent "leaping stallion" coin of the same weight was a one-third thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-730; Welter-2390.
- 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 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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