Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1762-IBH pfenning
This specimen was lot 73540 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Pfennig, 1762-IBH. Zellerfeld Mint. Karl I. PCGS MS-62 Brown. This example offers lustrous burnt umber surfaces with small mottled areas of raw umber or darker hues. Some slight flatness on the obverse, otherwise strong lettering and design features. Attractive. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1739-62 and has a modest catalog value. A few were struck in gold for presentation. Another pfenning exists (KM 891) with the leaping stallion reverse but no mintmaster's initials. It is also inexpensive. The denomination is spelled "pfennig" in modern German.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-901.2; Welter-2783.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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