Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1730-EPH 2 mariengroschen KM-779
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This specimen was lot 75022 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 2 Mariengroschen, 1730. Zellerfeld Mint. August Wilhelm. NGC MS-63. A delightful "wildman" minor in Choice Mint State. Bright silver luster and a great strike." This type was struck 1724-30. Another two mariengroschen with a leaping stallion reverse (KM 752) was struck 1716-30 and is priced slightly lower. This was the smallest silver denomination.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.1 g, silver, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-779.
- 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, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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