Hannover 1741-IBH 1/3 thaler

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41368
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This specimen was lot 41368 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 1/3 Taler, 1741-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS AU-58. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1737-60 and is common. It was equal to twelve mariengroschen, a denomination last coined in 1715. This is the only design used on this denomination in 1741.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-255; 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 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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