Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1758-IBH 24 mariengroschen KM-870

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Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55537
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This specimen was lot 55537 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1758-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. About Uncirculated Details -- Cleaned. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Ex: Emporium Hamburg Auction 295, Lot 1976." This type was struck 1735-80 for Karl I and is common. Twenty-four mariengroschen made two-thirds of a thaler or a gulden. 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: KM-870; Welter-2735.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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