Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1789-C 4 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41323
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This specimen was lot 41323 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 4 Mariengroschen, 1789-C. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. PCGS MS-62. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, the second smallest denomination struck in good silver, was struck 1787-89 and is common. It was worth one ninth of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1028; Welter-2921.

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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