Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1781-CES 12 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41319

This specimen was lot 41319 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 12 Mariengroschen, 1781-CES. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1781-84 and is fairly common. It was worth one third of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1009; Welter-2912.

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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