1726 Unknown British Coin

Hello all, I inherited this coin from my grandfather and have done a lot of online image searches on it but have not yet found anything which matches the front. I have found several other from 1720's that match the back. I "assume" it is 1726 but since it looks to be damaged in that area it's hard to tell 100%. Could anyone provide any insight to what it may be? I appreciate any feedback.

 

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It is from Brunswick Luneburg, later on Hannover. The Hannoverian monarchs became the Kings of Great Britain in 1714 when the Parliament preferred to turn the throne over to the descendents of James I that were in that German duchy. So this coin depicts the "wildman" of Luneburg, and the arms of George I on the reverse with all of his newfound British and French and Irish titles.

 

Wow that's great, thank you. However you didn't mention what the coin is. I did further research and found a wiki page on it that says it's a guinea, even though there are no images of my coin. From that site it shows that they may be made of gold, could this be true of the one i have? I doubt there is any great value to it but I would be interested in determining what i could sell it for.

Thanks

 

I dont know much about it but i can tell you it is not gold for certian

 

Ok, I'm hooked on this chase...I SERIOUSLY want to know what this thing is now.

 

Could you take a photo of the coin with a well known US coin also in the picture, for size reference? Also, can you take a picture of the edge of the coin at all? I'm curious if it is reeded, or smooth. If you are fancy enough, knowing the weight of the coin in grams to the accuracy of 0.1 grams would also be helpful, but that would require "specialistic" equipment.

From the pics, it looks too big to be a Guinea, but size is hard to gauge from a picture with no frame of reference. Guineas were roughly the diameter of a modern day presidential dollar or slightly larger than a quarter dollar.

Thanks.

 

2/3 Taler from where? None of the 2/3 Talers in Krause from that date (1726) for Brunswick-Luneberg have that reverse/obverse combination. At least, not that I can find. Can you provide the KM#?

Thanks.

 

The 112.2 features the Saxon Steed (Horse) facing left. This coin does not. Can you clarify how you came to that conclusion? I don't see any way this coin is the 112.2. The reverse of the coin shown is more consistent with the British Crown coins than any of those from Brunswick-Luneburg that I have seen.

 

KM 134 Thaler 1726 EPH
Fine $90, VF $165, XF $300

 

edited - copyright

 

They do, I have checked.
KM 112.2 in my issue is misprinted it shows a 2/3 Gulden and it states the reverse "Horse Leaping left" the same as km 148

 

KM 134 Legend
Obverse. GEORGIUS.D.G.MAG.BR.FR.ET.HIB.REX.FID.D
Reverse. BRUN.&. LUN.DUX.S.R.I.A.R.THES.&EL

 

I didn't see what was posted in the section that you edited Doug. I realize some of the information may be copyrighted by Krause Publications, but the full Krause listings are searchable for free on ngccoin.com, so I'm not sure that blocking freely available information is really relevant. Just wondering.

 

OK, good to know. I didn't know it was a direct scan of the book. There is a lot of information conveyed in this forum that is accessible only from the Krause books, but I wasn't aware what the exact rules were for regurgitating that info. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything I wasn't supposed to be doing in any other threads.

Thanks for the clarification.