Osnabruck 1670 12 mariengroschen
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This specimen was lot 46726 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Osnabruck. 12 Mariengroschen (1/3 Taler), 1670. Hannover Mint. Ernst August I. PCGS MS-62. Overstruck. The only graded example by PCGS." This type was struck 1669-70 with and without initials AS. Between 1532 and 1802 the bishopric alternated between a Catholic and a Lutheran. Ernest Augustus was duke (and later elector) of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg. The bishopric was later merged with the bishopric of Munster and both were annexed to Hannover in 1803.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-130.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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