Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1735-IAB 4 mariengroschen KM-809

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41298
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This specimen was lot 41298 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 4 Mariengroschen, 1735-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Ludwig Rudolph. PCGS MS-62. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Five different designs were used on this denomination in 1735 (KM 809 (shown here), KM 861, KM 862, KM 863, KM 864) because three different dukes ruled in that year. This one is scarce. Four mariengroschen made one ninth of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-809; Welter-2476.

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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