Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1735-IAB 24 mariengroschen KM-869

Künker sale 386, lot 5065

This specimen was lot 5065 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €700 (about US$905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Ferdinand Albrecht II. 1735. 24 Mariengroschen 1735, Zellerfeld. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Werner Koch, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 273, Frankfurt/Main 1970, Nr. 336, der Auktion Richard Gaettens 23, Lübeck 1973, Nr. 140 und der Auktion Tietjen + Co. 63, Hamburg 1991, Nr. 500. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Ferdinand Albrecht II, 1735, 24 mariengroschen of 1735, Zellerfeld mint. Extremely rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

Ferdinand Albrecht's brief reign allowed little time for the production of coins and this gulden is scarce, tho less so than his thalers. A "leaping stallion" gulden (KM 868) also bears his name.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 13.07 g, the weight of 4/9 thaler.

Catalog reference: KM 869, Dav-359; Welter 2676.

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.
Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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