Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1718-HH 12 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 73252 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1718. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: crossed axes between HH. August Wilhelm. PCGS AU-55. Sporting a light gray tone that deepens a bit nearer the peripheries, this near-Mint minor certainly possesses a great deal of eye appeal. 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1717-HH 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
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- 1721-C 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1723 1/6 thaler, "leaping stallion"
- Coins and currency dated 1718