Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1802-MC 24 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 5556 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €525 (about US$731 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, 1780-1806. 24 Mariengroschen 1790, Braunschweig. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Herrliche Patina, Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Wilhelm Bonin, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 312, Frankfurt/Main 1984, Nr. 2501. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles William Ferdinand, 1780-1806, 24 mariengroschen of 1790, Brunswick mint. Scarce in this quality, superb patina, uncirculated.)"
The convention of 1753 which established the convention thaler also reduced the gulden from ⅔ thaler to half a thaler. Princes continued to mint gulden marked "⅔" as before but only half a thaler in metal. The ⅔ thaler was retired in 1779 but the equivalent 24 mariengroschen continued until 1834. This type was struck 1789-1806. This denomination was also struck with a leaping stallion obverse until 1800.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.08 g, 0.993 fine silver, this specimen 13.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1034, Welter 2906.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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