Nurnberg 1615 60 kreuzer

Ponterio sale 177, lot 13143

This specimen was lot 13143 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Nurnberg. 60 Kreuzer, 1615. NGC MS-63. Attractive old cabinet tone." This 60 kreuzer, struck 1613-19, is too small to qualify as a thaler and traded for a gulden (two-thirds thaler). The city began striking gulden in 1638.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-90; KM-19.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

Link to:

• 1614 60 kreuzer (gulden)
• 1615 thaler
• 1619 60 kreuzer (gulden)
• Coins and currency dated 1615
• return to coins of German States, Nurnberg