Bremen 1745 groten KM-188

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in Bremen in 1745 is several varieties (KM 188, KM 199, KM 201), varying in the shaped of the shield with the key. One thaler was seventy-two grote. This port on the North Sea was in decline in the eighteenth century, as reflected in its scanty coinage. It revived after the Napoleonic Wars as Germany began to industrialize.

Recorded mintage: 2,146,000 (all varieties).

Specification: 0.61 g, silver or billon, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 188.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1744-MF thaler, for Charles VII
• 1744 double thaler
• 1746 ducat
• Bremen 1747-MF 1/2 thaler
• 1748 half thaler
• 1753 48 grote
• Bremen 1764-RDDB groten KM-228
• Coins and currency dated 1745