Hannover 1739-IAB 1/6 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41373

This specimen was lot 41373 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 1/6 Taler, 1739-IAB. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS MS-62. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1727-60 and is common. It was equal to six mariengroschen, a denomination last coined in 1715. Another one-sixth thaler was struck in 1739 with a bust obverse (KM 266).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-180; Welter-2617.

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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