Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1728-EPH 24 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 25056 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1728-EPH. Zellerfeld Mint. August Wilhelm. PCGS MS-62. Stunningly enchanting and rather crisply struck, this nearly-Choice specimen dazzles with intense lustrous brilliance and a cabinet tone that deepens nearer the peripheries, augmenting an already strong and captivating beauty. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1714-30 and is fairly common. Another 24 mariengroschen (KM A812) was struck 1715, 1720, 1724 and is rather scarcer. Twenty-four mariengroschen made two-thirds of a thaler or one gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-351; KM-731; Welter-2383.
- 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, 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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