Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1788-C 6 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74528
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This specimen was lot 74528 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. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1788-C. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. PCGS MS-61. A lovely example of this four-year type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1785-88 for Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and is the last of the denomination. Six mariengroschen made a quarter gulden, which was originally one sixth of a thaler but had slipped to one ninth thaler by this time. Mintmaster C appears 1786-89.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1024; Welter-2913.

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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