Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1770-IAP 6 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73268

This specimen was lot 73268 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 6 Mariengroschen, 1770-IAP. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS MS-62. Nearly-Choice and extremely appealing, this specimen yields a delightful burnished tone around the devices and an ample array of original brilliance emanating from the fields. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This denomination was one-sixth of a thaler or one quarter gulden. This type was struck 1735-80 and is common. Mintmaster IAP appears 1763-72. About this time, the convention thaler was adopted, which acknowledged that the gulden was now half a thaler instead of the former two-thirds.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-872; Welter-2752.

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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