Bohemia 1565 pfennig
This specimen was lot 4672 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €45 (about US$62 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maximilian II., 1564-1576. Einseitiger Weißpfennig 1565, Kuttenberg. Münzmeister Matej Lídl und Ludvík Karel. Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum Kunstabteilung 205, Wien, Oktober 1957, Nr. 200. (Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian II, 1564-76, uniface white penny of 1565, Kuttenberg mint. Very fine.)"
This type is listed in Numista for 1564-77 with a face value of 1/210 thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.32 g, silver, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0,30 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB231?, Dietiker 165; Halacka 206.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links:
- 1516 Weißpfennig, Eger mint
- 1559 quarter thaler, Kuttenberg mint
- 1559 half thaler, Kuttenberg mint
- 1565 guldenthaler, Kuttenberg mint
- 1566 10 kreuzer, Kuttenberg mint
- 1565 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint
- 1566 guldenthaler, Prague mint
- 1573 quarter thaler, Kuttenberg mint
- 1574 weißgroschen, Kuttenberg mint
- 1588 weißgroschen, Kuttenberg mint
- Coins and currency dated 1565