Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1753-IBH 24 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 74497 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1753-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-58. Johann Benjamin Hecht as Mintmaster. An engaging Wildman type, approaching Mint State in terms of wear, with evidence of some light prior cleaning. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1735-80 for Karl I and is common. Twenty-four mariengroschen made a gulden, which was originally two-thirds of a thaler but had slipped to half a thaler by the end of the reign. Another gulden of this reign featured the leaping stallion reverse (KM 895), altho it was not struck every year. Mintmaster IBH appears 1739-62.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-362; KM-870; Welter-2735.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- 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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