Stolberg-Stolberg 1712-IIG 12 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73350

Stolberg in 1789, with Wernigerode to the northwest near Halberstadt

This specimen was lot 73350 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Stolberg-Stolberg. 12 Mariengroschen, 1712-IIG. Christoph Friedrich and Jost Christian. NGC VF Details--Harshly Cleaned. A popular type accounting to the reindeer pictorial, this example delivers presentability, despite the noted harsh cleaning." The animal shown is a red deer (elk in the U.S.), not a reindeer. Twelve mariengroschen was one-third thaler. This type was struck 1707-28 and is rather expensive for an obscure minor.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-133.

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.

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