Hannover 1813-C 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 75027 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 2/3 Taler, 1813-C. Clausthal Mint. Georg III (George III of Great Britain). PCGS MS-62. A highly original example with pleasing tone and a particularly refined bust depiction of Georg III (King George III of the United Kingdom). From the Richard Margolis Collection." The old electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg was annexed by Napoleon in 1807. At the Congress of Vienna, it was restored as the kingdom of Hannover and ruled by the British kings until 1837. This is the less common of the two dates, 1813-14. The denomination was last struck in 1839 and the kingdom was annexed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.08 g, 0.993 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-100.1; J-1a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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