Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1750-IBH 6 mariengroschen

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from the Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74512
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This specimen was lot 74512 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1750-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-58. This example offers great old argent cabinet toning with subtly lustrous surfaces. A very attractive coin with inconsequential wear. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck throughout Karl's long reign and is common. Six mariengroschen started out as one-sixth of a thaler but had slipped to an eighth thaler by the end of Karl's reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-872; Welter-2752.

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, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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