View source for Stolberg-Stolberg 1712-IIG 12 mariengroschen

[[Image:SB223-73350o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73350]]
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[[Image:Stolberg 1789.jpg|550px|thumb|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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Stolberg|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. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1700-IT thaler Dav-7791|1700 mining thaler]]
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1706-IIG thaler Dav-2795|1706 thaler]]
* [[Stolberg-Wernigerode 1710-IIG thaler Dav-2790]]
* [[Stolberg 1715-IIG thaler Dav-2798]] mining
* [[Stolberg-Stolberg 1717-IIG 2/3 thaler|1717 ⅔ thaler]]
* [[Stolberg 1717-IIG thaler Dav-2799|1717 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1712]]

[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]]