Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1694 24 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41331

This specimen was lot 41331 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 24 Mariengroschen, 1694. Zellerfeld Mint; mm: three stars. Ernst August. PCGS MS-62. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1693-98, was worth two-thirds thaler or one gulden. It is fairly common in circulated condition but expensive choice. Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg and Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle were traded back and forth between brothers until death left only one, who became the elector of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover ("Hannover" for short) and later king of England.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-378; Welter-1982.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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