Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1772-IAP 6 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74516
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This specimen was lot 74516 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1772-IAP. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS AU-53. A well-struck, dove-gray specimen with highlighted features and inscriptions against slightly darker fields - attractive. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Ex: Harald Moller auction with ticket." This type was struck 1735-80 for Karl I and is common. Six mariengroschen made a quarter gulden, which was originally one sixth of a thaler but had slipped to one ninth thaler by the end of the reign. Mintmaster IAP appears 1762-72.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-872; Welter-2752.

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

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