Nurnberg 1688 pfennig

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 949

This specimen was lot 949 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $66. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NUREMBERG: Free Imperial City, AR pfennig, 1688, Coat of arms of Nürnberg, uniface, PCGS graded MS64." 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.

Specification: billon, 13.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-193.

Source:

• 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, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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