Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1760-IBH 24 mariengroschen KM-870

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41303
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This specimen was lot 41303 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1760-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 74795 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $240. This type was struck 1735-80 and is common in circulated condition. A 24 mariengroschen with a leaping stallion reverse (KM 895) was struck 1736-80 and is slightly more expensive. This denomination was worth two-thirds thaler at the start of the duke's reign but had slipped to half a thaler by the end.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-870; Welter-2735.

Source:

  • 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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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