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24 mariengrostchen of Brun & Luneb. 1692

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 1778

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 26r

Notes:

These coins, named after a depiction of Mary, were minted in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. An example similar to Du Simitière's is prictured here.

The donor was presumably a British soldier in Philadelphia during the occupation of 1777-1778.