4 Mariengroschen - George III

Features

Issuer	Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (German States)
Duke	George III (Georg III) (1760-1820)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1762-1786
Value	4 Mariengroschen (⅑)
Currency	Thaler
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.23 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	0.86 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 131130
References	Welter# 2846 Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes). , KM# 346 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

5-line central inscription with denomination and mintmasters initial's, legend with date surrounding.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
*IIII*
MARIEN
GROSCH:
FEINSILB:
I.A.P.
GEORG·III·D·G·M·BR·FR·ET·HIB·REX·F·D·1771

Translation: Georgius III Dei Gratia Magnae Britaniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor

Reverse

Wild man holding pine tree in right hand, denomintation to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BR·ET·LVN·DVX·S·R·I·A·TH·E·T·E·L
4

Translation: Brunswick et Lunenburg Dux Sacri Romani Imperii Archi Thesaurarius et Elector

Edge

Plain

Mint

Zellerfeld, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Marks

IBH	Johann Benjamin Hecht, Mint Master, Zellerfeld (1739-1763)
IAP	Johann Anton Pfeffer, Mint Master, Zellerfeld (1763-1773)
LCR	Ludwig Christian Ruperti, Mint Master, Zellerfeld (1773-1778)
CES	Christoph Engelhard Seidenstricker, Mint Master, Zellerfeld (1780-1786)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1762	IBH
1763	IAP
1764	IAP
1766	IAP
1767	IAP
1768	IAP
1769	IAP
1770	IAP
1771	IAP
1772	IAP
1773	LCR
1774	LCR
1775	LCR
1776	LCR
1777	LCR
1778	LCR
1779 .C.
1780	CES
1781	CES
1782	CES
1783	CES
1784	CES
1785	CES
1786 .C.

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