Hannover 1784-CES 24 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 25069

This specimen was lot 25069 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1784-CES. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS MS-61. Quite elegant and shimmering, this steely gray example offers a solid strike and a good deal of brilliance emanating from the fields. Undoubtedly one of the finest representatives of this minor that one is likely to encounter. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1762-84 and is common. There is another 24 mariengroschen for 1784, KM 341, with a value reverse and mintmaster IWS.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-347; Welter-2812.

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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