Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1766-IAP 24 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74501

This specimen was lot 74501 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1766-IAP. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, AU Details. This is a handsome About Uncirculated survivor, with pewter gray patina on both sides blending with flaxen silver coloration. Overall detail is bold for the assigned grade, in part due to a rather sharp strike bringing out intricacies in the figure of the Wild Man. A light pinscratch, almost like a staple mark, is identifiable in the upper left portion of the obverse, but it is a minute imperfection when all things are considered. 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 IAP appears 1763-72.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-362; 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, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1766-IAP 24 mariengroschen

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