Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1823-CvC 24 mariengroschen KM-1102
This specimen was lot 5098 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Karl II. 1815-1830. Selbständige Regierung, 1823-1830. 24 Mariengroschen 1823, CvC. Seltener Jahrgang. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Charles, 1815-30, independent rule, 1823-30, 24 mariengroschen of 1823. Rare date, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1823-29 for Karl II as an independent ruler. Its silver content was 7/9 of a Prussian or Brunswick thaler (22.27 g, 0.750 fine) or 5/9 of a convention thaler (28.06 g, 0.833 fine) but the SCWC states that it was worth 2/3 of a thaler. This denomination was last struck in 1834. Karl II was overthrown and exiled in 1830 but survived until 1873.
Recorded mintage: 30,000 (including KM 1091).
Specification: 13.08 g, 0.993 fine silver, this specimen is 13.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1102, AKS 54; J. 238 a.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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