Hannover 1775-LCR 1/3 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25071

This specimen was lot 25071 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 1/3 Taler (12 Mariengroschen), 1775-LCR. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS MS-63. A stunning, crisp, and Choice minor denomination, this impressive specimen radiates with intense brilliance and presents a subtle golden-cabernet tone dancing around the devices--a further testament to its resounding eye appeal. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1762-84 and is common. The twelve mariengroschen, also worth one-third thaler, was not coined after 1714 in Hannover.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-349; Welter-2829.

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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Hannover 1775-LCR 1/3 thaler

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