Georg III - 1 Pfennig 1771 - Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover

Country: Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (German States) 
Duke Georg III (King of Great Britain) (1738-1760-1820)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1774 (1762-1804) 
Value: 1 Pfennig (1⁄288)
Currency: Thaler 
Composition: Copper
Weight: 3.1 g.
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Grade: F/VF
Orientation: Coin alignment (9 o'clock ↑←)
References: KM# 330.1,Welter# 2884, Schön DM# 321; A321

Obverse:
Motif "Wild Man", tree in his right hand (a famous legendary figure from the Harz mountains in central Germany). Mintmaster's initials in exergue.

Lettering: L.C.R.

Engraver: Ludwig Christian Ruperti.

Reverse:
5-line inscription with denomination and date.

Lettering:
  ✱ I ✱
 PFENN
SCHEIDE
 MUNTZ
  1774

Edge:
Plain.

Mint:
Clausthal, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.
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)
PML → Philipp Ludwig Magius, Mint Master, Clausthal (1792-1799)
GFM → Georg Friedrich Michaelis, Mint Master, Clausthal (1802-1807)

Riferimento : KM# 330.1,Welter# 2884, Schön DM# 321; A321

Fonte : https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/worl...

Collezione : German States coins