Hannover 1720-C 1/6 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41366

This specimen was lot 41366 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 1/6 Taler, 1720-C. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg Ludwig (George I of Great Britain). PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was struck simultaneously with four different designs: KM 108 (bust obverse, struck 1716-26), KM 109 (wild man, struck 1716-25), KM 143 (leaping stallion, struck 1719-27) and KM 144 (St. Andrew reverse, struck 1719-26). The first two are priced slightly higher than the last two. Four mariengroschen also exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-109; Welter-2257.

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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Hannover 1720-C 1/6 thaler

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