Hannover 1731-C 1/3 thaler

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74641

This specimen was lot 74641 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 12 Mariengroschen (1/3 Taler Feinsilber), 1731-C. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS AU-53. Only lightly handled and sporting a rather enchanting deep color, this specimen stands as a great representative of the type, with some glints of brilliance residing around the devices. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This is one of two designs used on this denomination in 1731: KM 240 features features St. Andrew on the reverse and KM 225, shown here, features the wild man on the reverse. Other coins of this denomination feature the elector's bust and a leaping stallion but were not made in 1731. KM 225 was struck 1730-36 and 1752 and is the more available.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-225; Welter-2600.

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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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Hannover 1731-C 1/3 thaler

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