Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1784-CES 2 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41324

This specimen was lot 41324 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 2 Mariengroschen, 1784-CES. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, the smallest denomination struck in good silver, was struck 1781-86 and 1789 and is common. It was worth one eighteenth of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1005; Welter-2925.

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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