Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1748-IBH 4 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41312
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This specimen was lot 41312 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 4 Mariengroschen, 1748-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS MS-63. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1735-59, 1762-64, 1767-80 and is common. Four mariengroschen started out as one ninth of a thaler but had slipped to one twelfth of a thaler by the end of Karl's reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-864; Welter-2754.

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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