Hannover 1791-C 24 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56461

This specimen was lot 56461 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 24 Mariengroschen (2/3 Taler), 1791-C. Clausthal Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS MS-63." This type was struck 1761-1801 and is common. Similar coins include a "wild man" 24 mariengroschen (KM 347, struck 1762-84) and a 2/3 thaler (KM 365, portrait obverse, struck 1772-1800).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-341; Welter-2817.

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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1789-C 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
• 1791-C 1/6 thaler, "N·R·D·F·" on the obverse
• 1791-C ⅓ thaler, bust obverse
• 1791-C thaler
• 1792-C 24 mariengroschen, value reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1791