Hildesheim 1690 24 mariengroschen

Kunker sale 293, lot 913

This specimen was lot 913 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €360 (about US$485 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HILDESHEIM, STADT, 24 Mariengroschen 1690. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Hildesheim, 24 mariengroschen of 1690. Very scarce in this quality, proof example, about uncirculated.)"

This type of 1690-92 is not priced in the SCWC. Altho it has a Davenport number, it is not a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Buck/Bahrf. 313 b; Dav-566, KM 62.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1688 thaler
• 1694 ducat
• 1698 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1690
• return to coins of German States, Hildesheim