Hi to everybody. This 1 pfennig coin, is NOT listed on Krause. Is a Brunswick-Calenberg-Hannover 1 pfenning 1737 IAB, and should be a KM215.1 (for signature IAB and year), BUT there are big differences (much like 215.2). 1) little trees at sauvage's feet 2) crosses instead of flowers/stars near the I of I Pfenning 3) greater scripts Any idea? Is obviously unlisted on Krause, but I need to know where to find them: maybe in other books, I think... but where? Can someone have a look for me? Many thanks!
Apparently not yet. Give it a few more days, not all members visit every day, some only stop by once a week or so. Unfortunately I do not collect much German coinage so I know little about it. You may wish to contact Krause directly though - there are a great many coins that are not listed and they appreciate the help.
Mirko,you can contact Krause here; michaelt@krause.com .I'm sure that they will put it in the next edition of the 18th Century catalogue. Another tip,some of Krause's listings give a description,but no pictures.Email them photos of your coin. Aidan.
When you spot something like you have it can be really frustrating trying to get to the bottom of it. The main reason is that the source references just don't exist, or as so expensive that ordinary collectors like me just couldn't afford them just to cover the odd variant that shows up every now and again. As you probably know, there are similarities between the coinage of Brun. Lun etc and Brun. Wolf. The number of die varieties that exist would need a book in its own right just to cover it. Couple that with the potential for dies from one to be used for the other (to save having to make new dies to replace worn ones for example) and the possibilities for variation are huge. You have one of many such variations. Now....how `common' is your variation? Well i haven't a clue. I suspect most ordinary collectors wouldn't either. After all, there aren't exactly 100's of 1737 WM pfennigs on sale at any given moment in time. Is it `valuable'? It vwery possibly is to someone who collects these in accordance with the number of pine trees either side of the club he's carrying or similar....but to the average collector, I would doubt it very much. However like you i'd definitely want to be sure about that The best people to help you on this would be the likes of Nurnberger Munzauctionen (info@schimmer.de) or Kricheldorf (coins@kricheldorf.de) or some other german based auction house who is more likely to have the reference materials on hand (if such exist). If nothing else, they will be able to advise you whether or not you have a national treasure in your possession and can even get your coin to the attention of potential buyers. Worth making a few email enquiries. Happy hunting! Ian
The Wild Man/Evergreen Tree Pfennig is not particularly rare or uncommon.I found a German forum where someone asks about the design on one similar to yours.He's asking if the 5 "mushrooms" mean anything and is told that they are in fact small fir trees.Fortunately,I speak some German but you can translate the page using any number of German-English online transaltion sites like Alta Vista's Babelfish.The tranlations come out a bit funny but you can get the general idea. http://www.numismatikforum.de/ftopic12338.html
The Wild Man & Tree coins were issued as early as the 17th Century,however,they are not usually known to have been issued after 1750.The most common type of coins issued by both Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenburg-Hanover & the Kingdom of Hanover are the ones which depict a leaping horse. Aidan.
