Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1740-IBH 12 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 73532 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen (1/3 Taler), 1740-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-58. Lustrous steel gray surfaces form the backdrop to the design elements of this piece. Evenly struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with some shadowing weakness on the reverse. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1735-80 and is common. Mintmaster IBH appears 1739-62. All of the twelve mariengroschen struck by this duke used the "wild man" design; the "leaping stallion" only appeared on one-third thalers (= half gulden) starting in 1764.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-867; Welter-2742.
- 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, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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