Hannover 1708-HB 4 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 55575

This specimen was lot 55575 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 4 Mariengroschen, 1708-HB. Clausthal Mint. Georg I Ludwig (future George I of Great Britain). PCGS AU-53. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Four mariengroschen was one ninth of a thaler or one sixth of a gulden.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-53; Welter-2193.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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