Hannover 1799-PLM 1/6 thaler KM-401

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73301

This specimen was lot 73301 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. 6 Mariengroschen (1/6 Taler), 1799-PLM. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS MS-62. Rather deeply toned, this engaging minor dazzles with some muted brilliance emanating from beneath along with a pleasing and fairly well executed strike. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was struck with a wild man reverse 1793-1800. The bust obverse appears on KM 404, also dated 1799-PLM. It is somewhat scarcer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-401; Welter-2844.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1795-PLM 1/6 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1798-PLM ducat, for the Harz mines
• 1799-PLM 24 mariengroschen, value reverse
• 1802-C 1/6 thaler, bust obverse
• Coins and currency dated 1799