Hannover 1847-B 1/12 thaler

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1169

This specimen was lot 1169 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $141. The catalog description^[1]Album noted, "HANNOVER: AR 1/12 thaler, 1847-B, struck in Hannover, PCGS graded MS66, ex Don Erickson Collection." One twelfth thaler = 3 mariengroschen. This type of 1844-47 superseded the similar KM 194.1 struck 1841-44.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.67 g, .520 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 194.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

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• 1847 2½ thaler
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• 1848-B thaler
• 1848-B 10 thaler
• 1850-B 6 pfennig
• 1853-B 1/12 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1847
• return to coins of German States, Hannover