Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1723-EPH 4 mariengroschen KM-728

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41295
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This specimen was lot 41295 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 4 Mariengroschen, 1723-EPH. Zellerfeld Mint. August Wilhelm. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1714-32 and is fairly common. Another four mariengroschen (KM 764), struck 1717-23, featured the leaping stallion. Four mariengroschen made one ninth of a thaler or one sixth gulden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-728; Welter-2402.

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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