Munster 1582 12 pfennig

from Künker sale 293, lot 49

This specimen was lot 49 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €340 (about US$458 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"MÜNSTER, DOMKAPITEL, Ku.-12 Pfennig 1582, mit Gegenstempel BS über Lilie auf der Rückseite. Von großer Seltenheit. Schön. (Germany, city of Munster, copper twelve pence of 1582, countermarked "BS" over the lily on the reverse. Very rare, fine.)"

This obscure type appears to have been struck 1582 only. Twelve pfennig made a schilling.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM MB175, Weing. 8; Weinrich 16.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• Munster 1570 thaler Dav-9582
• Coins and currency dated 1582
• return to coins of German States, Munster