Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1792-MC 16 gute groschen
This specimen was lot 4163 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €200 (about US$263 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806. 16 Gute Groschen 1792, Braunschweig. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feinem Prägeglanz, min. justiert, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles William Ferdinand, 1780-1806, 16 good groschen of 1792, Brunswick mint. Very attractive example with fine luster, minor adjustment marks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1784-1805 along with an 8 gute groschen (KM 1026). We don't know its value in relation to the four, six, twelve and 24 mariengroschen struck at the same time. The coin is marked "XX EINE FEINE MARK CONVENTIONS", that is, half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.95 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1020, Welter 2911.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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