Nurnberg 1676 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 2954 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $42. The catalog description[1] noted, "NUREMBERG: Free Imperial City, AR pfennig, 1676, coat of arms of Nürnberg, uniface, PCGS graded MS63." This uniface billon coin was struck 1675-1700 and has a low catalog value. The silver purity is not recorded but is likely to be low. It had a face value of one-fourth kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1 g, billon, 13-14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-193.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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