Hannover 1760-IBH 1/6 thaler

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74568

This specimen was lot 74568 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1760-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS AU-53. A lightly worn example with light dove-gray surfaces and ample champagne toning and peripheral cobalt on the obverse. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This is the final date of this type, first struck in 1743.

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, September 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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