Corvey 1653 2 mariengroschen
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This specimen was lot 72202 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Corvey. 2 Mariengroschen, 1653. PCGS AU-58. This impressive specimen displays strong details and pleasing eye appeal, with much retained beauty on flan with rich details and soft color that hide amongst the legends and devices." This type was struck 1649-55. The abbey also issued a one mariengroschen (KM 55) in 1653. The abbey of Corvey, annexed by Nassau in 1803, issued a long series of thalers in the seventeenth century, all too rare to have photos in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 17-19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-43.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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