Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1698 12 mariengroschen

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73556

This specimen was lot 73556 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Calenberg. 12 Mariengroschen, 1698. Zellerfeld Mint. Ernst August. PCGS AU-58. A lovely example of this type with lilac gray surfaces awash in champagne and golden-hued toning. Well-struck, attractive, and desirable. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type, struck 1693-98 after Ernst August was promoted from duke to elector, is rather scarce. 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. Confusingly, the photo in the SCWC shows an issue of Georg Ludwig.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-377; Welter-1998.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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