Hannover 1738-IAB 2/3 thaler KM-229
This specimen was lot 74555 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1738-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS AU-55. Uncommonly well preserved and attractive in a lightly circulated survivor of this popular Wild Man issue. The surfaces exhibit an even overlay of soft sandy-silver patina, direct lighting causing the peripheries to light up with vivid iridescent toning in olive-russet. In hand appearance is remarkably smooth in the absence of sizeable blemishes, and there is appreciable luster remaining to further enhance the eye appeal. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1730-43 along with KM 228 (leaping stallion reverse). This is the period of the introduction of the convention thaler, when the gulden slipped from two-thirds to half a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-434; KM-229; Welter-2580.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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