Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1782-CES 24 mariengroschen KM-1011

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55547

This specimen was lot 55547 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 24 Mariengroschen, 1782-CES. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. About Uncirculated Details -- Cleaned. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This is one of two different gulden struck in 1782: KM 1010 (arms/wildman, struck 1781-83, scarce) and KM 1011 (value/wildman, struck 1781-86, fairly common). By this time, the gulden had slipped from two-thirds to half a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1011; Welter-2907.

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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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