Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1733-IAB 6 mariengroschen

from the Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74489

This specimen was lot 74489 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1733-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Ludwig Rudolph. PCGS AU-53. This example offers a russet highlights emanating from beneath the old cabinet toning and a satiny lustrous reverse. Attractive. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck for Ludwig Rudolph 1731-37. He was previously duke of Brunswick-Blankenburg.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-810; Welter-2475.

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, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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