Hannover 1773-LCR 1/6 thaler

Stack's Bowers September 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74586

This specimen was lot 74586 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1773-LCR. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS AU-50. A lightly-worn, dove-gray example of this minor type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1762-84 for George III along with KM 366 with a bust obverse, which is rather scarcer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-348; Welter-2841.

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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