Hannover 1745-IBH 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 41369 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Hannover. 1/3 Taler, 1745-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Georg II August (George II of Great Britain). PCGS AU-55. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." The twelve mariengroschen was last coined in Hannover in 1715. This type was struck 1727-60 and is expensive in nice condition. This was the only one-third thaler struck in 1745.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-255; Welter-2600.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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