Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1749-IBH 24 mariengroschen
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This specimen was lot 73257 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1749-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS MS-61. A charming gray backdrop gives way to some russet and burnt sienna notes as one approaches the peripheries of this elegant, Mint State minor. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was two-thirds of a thaler or one gulden. This type was struck 1735-80 and is common. Mintmaster IBH appears 1739-62.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-870; Welter-2735.
- 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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