Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1698 12 mariengroschen
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.
- 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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