Hannover 1741-IBH 2 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41379
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This specimen was lot 41379 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 2 Mariengroschen, 1741-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS MS-62. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1730-60 and is common. The two mariengroschen was 1/18 of a thaler and was the smallest denomination struck in good silver. A two mariengroschen with a monogram obverse (KM 271, KM 279) was also struck in 1741.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-216; Welter-2633.

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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