Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1765-IAP 12 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41309

This specimen was lot 41309 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen (1/3 Taler), 1765-IAP. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-58. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was one half of a gulden or one-third of a thaler. The denomination was struck with the wild man reverse 1735-80. One-third thalers with the duke's bust on the obverse and a leaping stallion reverse were struck 1764-70 (KM 972).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-867; Welter-2742.

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, 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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