Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1789-MC 1/12 thaler

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2578

This specimen was lot 2578 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBÜTTEL: Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806, AR 1/12 thaler, Braunschweig, 1789, mintmaster initials MC, very faint surface hairlines, lustrous fields, UNC." This denomination was first struck for this state in 1684. It was struck steadily throughout the eighteenth century, generally with the leaping stallion design shown here, until 1830. This type was struck 1780-1806 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3 g, silver, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-1000, Welter-2922.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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