Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1760-IBH 12 mariengroschen
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This specimen was lot 73260 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1760-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS MS-61. Mostly steely gray and flashy, this Mint State example retains excellent originality and eye appeal, even offering some hints of champagne nearer the peripheries. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was one-third of a thaler or one half gulden. This type was struck 1735-80 and is common. Mintmaster IBH appears 1739-62.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-867; Welter-2742.
- 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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