Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1008. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Georg Ludwig (George I of Britain). Duke, Elector of Hannover, and King of Great Britain, 1714-1727. AR Taler (46mm, 28.95 g, 4h). Zellerfeld mint; Ernst Peter Hecht, mintmaster. Dated 1723. BRUN • & LUN • DUX • S • R • I • AR • THES • & EL • 1723, wildman standing facing, holding tree in right hand, E.P.H. in exergue / REX • FID • D • GEORGIUS D • G • MAG • BR • FR • ET • HIB •, crowned cruciform coats of arms, cross in center. Welter 2231; Knyphausen -; Davenport 2077; KM 134. Superb EF, toned, a few flan stress marks. Includes NGC slab ticket graded MS 63.

Ex Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection.