Hannover 1864-B krone Fr-1183
This specimen was lot 5206 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-CALENBERG-HANNOVER, AB 1692 KURFÜRSTENTUM HANNOVER, AB 1815 KÖNIGREICH HANNOVER, Georg V. 1851-1866. Vereinskrone 1864, B. GOLD. Fassungs- und Hitzespuren, fast sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Hannover, George V, 1851-66, union crown of 1864. Has been mounted and sweated, about very fine.)"
The krone and its accompanying half krone were an unsuccessful attempt in the 1850's at unifying the gold coinage of Germany. This rare type was struck 1857-66. After choosing the wrong side in the Austro-Prussian war, Hannover was annexed to Prussia in 1866 and her coinage ceased. The mint at Hannover was closed in the 1870's.
Recorded mintage: 13,933.
Specification: 13.30 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 10.63 g.
Catalog reference: KM 232, Divo/S. 117; Fr-1183; Schl. 436.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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