Brandenburg-Ansbach 1623-F 2 pfenning
This specimen was lot 3707 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$982 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Joachim Ernst, 1603-1625. 2 Pfennig 1623, Fürth. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Joachim Ernest, 1603-25, two pfennig of 1623, Furth mint. Rare in this condition, cabinet piece, about uncirculated.)"
The margrave issued a variety of minor coinage, including a pfenning (KM 18), two pfenning in copper (KM 19) or billon (KM 34, shown here), three pfenning (KM 20, 21), kreuzer (4 pfenning, KM 22, 23, 35, 43), two kreuzer (KM A23, 36), three kreuzer (groschen, KM 27, 44), four kreuzer (batzen, KM 24), six kreuzer (KM 37, 45, 46). He also participated in the kipperzeit, with a 12 kreuzer (KM 11A), 24 kreuzer (KM 13, 14, 15, 16, 25.1, 25.2) and 48 kreuzer (KM 26). Thalers exist but are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.10 g.
Catalog reference: KM 34, Slg. Wilm. 864; Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4197.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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