Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1735-IAB 12 mariengroschen KM-866

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41300

This specimen was lot 41300 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1735-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Ferdinand Albrecht II. PCGS AU-55. One year type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Three different designs were used on this denomination in 1735 (KM 811, KM 866 (shown here), KM 867) because three different dukes ruled in that year. This one is scarce. Twelve mariengroschen made one third of a thaler or half a gulden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-866; Welter-2678.

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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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1735-IAB 12 mariengroschen KM-866

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