Hannover 1822-B 10 thaler

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40363

This specimen was lot 40363 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hannover. 10 Talers, 1822-B. Hannover Mint. George IV (of Great Britain). PCGS AU-55 Gold Shield. Briefly circulated, this example possesses a bold strike and strong reflective gleam around the raised surfaces. As a type, always in demand, partially as a result of it being one of the larger German gold issuances of the period, but also because Georg IV of Hannover also held the title George IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." Various types of ten thaler pieces were struck most years between 1813 and 1856; the type shown here was issued 1821-30 and is probably the most numerous of these scarce coins. It was struck to the module of a Prussian doppelter friedrichs d'or. The German kingdom of Hannover was the old duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg prior to the Napoleonic invasions. It was separated from the British crown in 1837 and absorbed by Prussia in 1866.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.36 g, 0.903 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-1158; KM-133.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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