Hannover 1766-IAP 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 74644 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler Feinsilber), 1766-IAP. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of England). PCGS MS-62. Immensely attractive and enticing, this nearly-Choice minor yields a great deal of glistening brilliance that mixes rather well with deep iridescence that seemingly spans the colors of the rainbow. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1762-84 to the convention thaler standard (one thaler = 120 kreuzer). The same denomination also appeared with a St. Andrew reverse (KM 298). Hannover, linked to the British crown 1714-1837, embroiled England in several continental conflicts the British establishment would rather have avoided.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-348; Welter-2841.
- 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 November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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