Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg 1681-RB pfennig
This specimen was lot 5659 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €260 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, Ernst August, 1679-1698, seit 1662 Bischof von Osnabrück. Einseitiger Pfennig (Schüsselpfennig) 1681, Zellerfeld. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Erworben 1983 auf der Münzbörse Hannover. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg, Ernest Augustus, 1679-98, bishop of Osnabrück since 1662, uniface pfennig of 1681, Zellerfeld mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1680-81, 1684-87, 1690, 1693-97.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.29 g.
Catalog reference: KM 255, Welter 2054.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
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- 1681-RB thaler, wild man reverse
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