Nordlingen 1516 batzen
This specimen was lot 70571 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Nordlingen. Batzen, 1516. Eberhard von Eppstein-Königstein (1503-35). PCGS VERY FINE-20 Secure Holder. Obverse: crowned bust of Maximilian holding orb and scepter; reverse: conjoined arms, date in Roman numerals above. Nordlingen was an imperial free city in Swabia, now in Bavaria. The mayor, a relative of the archbishop of Mainz, issued these batzen during the reigns of Maximilian and Charles V (one thaler = 40 batzen). Toned, From the Trebuchet Collection." The batzen is a denomination, worth four kreuzer, better known in Switzerland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon.
Catalog reference: Schulten 2416.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018
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- 1497 goldgulden
- Passau 1516 batzen
- Coins and currency dated 1516
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