Aachen 1411 groschen
This specimen was lot 77184 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Aachen. Groschen, 1411. PCGS EF-45. A pleasing minor that does not cross the auction block often, let alone in a problem free state." This obscure little coin would be completely ignored by collectors except that it is one of the first coins to bear AD dates. It is known dated 1372-75, 1402-05, 1410-13, 1418-22 and 1429 with a wide range of weights. Aachen was the capital of Charlemagne's empire and remained a free city until 1794, when it was occupied by the army of revolutionary France.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.65-2.65 g, silver, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Lev-I-10; Forschner-81/84.
- Levinson, Robert, The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500: An Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to dated medieval coinage. Clifton, NJ: Coin & Currency Institute, 2007.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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