View source for Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 1677 24 mariengroschen

[[Image:Germany JElsen 269-780o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen list 269, lot 780]]
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[[Image:Bentheim-1648.jpg|450px|thumb|Bentheim, Tecklenburg and Rheda in 1648]]

This specimen was lot 780 in Jean Elsen list 269 (Brussels, July-August 2014), where it was offered for €475 (about US$646). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, BENTHEIM-TECKLENBURG-RHEDA, Johann Adolf (1674-1700), AR 24 Mariengroschen, 1677, Droit: Heaume cimé d'un paon. Revers: Valeur dans le champ. Patine foncée. Très Beau à Superbe'' ([[Germany]], county of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda, John Adolf (1674-1700), silver twenty-four mariengroschen of 1677. Obverse: helmet with peacock crest; reverse: value in field. Nice color, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This 24 mariengroschen or two-thirds thaler is from the county of Bentheim, on the border between the bishopric of Munster and the Netherlands. Thalers exist for this locale but are very rare, so collectors must content themselves with this issue. The dynasty originally ruled all three counties but Tecklenburg was lost in 1696. The county was mediatized in 1806.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 16,60 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Kennepohl, Bentheim, 124, KM 93, Dav-1019. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Liste 269: Juillet-Septembre 2014,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2014. 

''Link to:''
* [[Munster 1661 thaler Dav-5604]]
* [[Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda 1674 4-1/2 pfennig|1674 4½ pfennig]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1677]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Munster]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen list 269]]