Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1678 6 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 73239 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 6 Mariengroschen, 1678. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, AU Details. The noted tooling remains quite obfuscated by the deep cabinet toning, allowing this lightly circulated minor to stand as a delightful representative of the type. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This issue of 1668 and 1671-78 introduced the six mariengroschen denomination in this state. Equal to one-sixth thaler, it was struck steadily until 1788. No mintmaster appears on this coin. The wild man is the most common design but a few were issued with the leaping stallion reverse (KM 578, 606, 622).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-503; Welter-1668.
- 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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