Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1736-IAB 2 mariengroschen
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This specimen was lot 73270 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 2 Mariengroschen, 1736-IAB. Karl I. PCGS MS-61. An attractive little minor with little signs of every being handled, which is quite impressive being nearly 300 years old." This denomination was one twelfth of a thaler. This type was struck 1735-52, 1755-57, 1762, 1765, 1770, 1780 and is common. Mintmaster IAB appears 1731-38. The denomination was also struck with a "leaping stallion" reverse (KM 860) but not in 1736.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-859; Welter-2758.
- 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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