Hannover 1777-LCR 24 mariengroschen

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Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73292
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This specimen was lot 73292 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1777-LCR. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS AU-53. With some cobalt hues highlighting the devices on the wildman side and a more burnished amber and cerise nature upon the coat-of-arms side, this elegant, near-Mint minor certainly offers a pleasing appearance. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1762-84. We also note KM 341, with an arms obverse/value reverse, dated 1777-IWS, and KM 365, bust obverse, also dated 1777-IWS. Mintmaster LCR is listed for 1774-78. It was during this period that this coin slipped from two-thirds thaler to half a thaler in value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-347; Welter-2812.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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